one limit per livewell??

[jfw]

is it true you can be ticketed if you have 2 anglers and one live well and you have over one limit of fish in it??

for instance , 2 of you are fishing you have 15 sauger in ine livewell? i this illegal???

[parker]

Yep, how can you explain to him which ones you caught without proof.

[green river time]

What now???????????????????????????

Have Fun and be Safe GREEN RIVER TIME

[Wormin]

Yep, how can you explain to him which ones you caught without proof.

If this were true how could a striper guide on Cumberland take out more than one person at a time. If he had 2 legal fish and 3 paying clients then they would have to quit fishing. And they only have 1 livewell.

[parker]

If this were true how could a striper guide on Cumberland take out more than one person at a time. If he had 2 legal fish and 3 paying clients then they would have to quit fishing. And they only have 1 livewell.

Not if they use color coded clips, like mine.

[DJD]

I don't see how? If you have two legal anglers then it should be two limits...right? How many boats have more than one livewell? Some boats don't even have a livewell....I don't see how it matters as long as the catch is legal and the length and creel limits are followed per angler.

[Tim_T]

I don't believe you have to have the fish in seperate livewells. I will see if I can get a 100% answer on this tomorrow from KDFWR.

[bigrod]

You can have them in one livewell. It is a posession limit and there are two of you in posession.

[Hlleonard]

You can have them in one livewell. It is a posession limit and there are two of you in possession.

It looks like to me that the possession limit would be in effect in this situation anyway ....I'm not sure how the possession limit works but if you catch a limit of a species one day and a limit the next aren't you allowed to keep them? ...This could throw monkey wrench in the croppie fishing for the guys that catch 50 or 60 and they both want to keep their fish.

[RoadToad]

It looks like to me that the possession limit would be in effect in this situation anyway ....I'm not sure how the possession limit works but if you catch a limit of a species one day and a limit the next aren't you allowed to keep them? ...This could throw monkey wrench in the croppie fishing for the guys that catch 50 or 60 and they both want to keep their fish.

The possession limit would not apply. When you're out on the water fishing (or standing on the bank, whatever) all you can legally have in your live well, on your stringer, in your basket, ect, is the daily creel limit. That is all the fish you are legally allowed to catch and keep in a day. If you catch your limit, take them home, then go out and catch more, you're breaking the law.

I'm not sure how the possession limit works but if you catch a limit of a species one day and a limit the next aren't you allowed to keep them?

Yes. And if you're storing them at your "Primary residence," you could go out a third day and catch and keep a limit legally. Where the possession limit comes into play is when you're "in the field," like if you're camping, renting a cabin, or even staying in a cabin you own that is not your primary residence. In that case, if you've gone out fishing two days and have caught and kept a limit both days, if you were to fish a third day, and still have all the other fish, you'd be in violation as soon as you caught and kept your first fish (possession limits, at least in most states, are equivalent to twice the daily creel limit). BUT, there have been times when I've had upwards of thirty trout in my freezer here at my house, and since it's my primary residence, that's perfectly legal.

[Bandit1]

Even if you do have two live wells, there still is no proof of who caught the fish. If I filled my limit & the guy with me has not, I could put fish in his also.

Jason

[Duayne]

It doesn't matter who caught the fish if there are two people on board with valid licenses and two daily limits. And you can keep them in one live well, cooler, etc. As has been stated, possession is for being in the field for more than one day. In that case, the first day's limit must remain in the field and not on the boat.