I aint sure about the legal side of who caught how many. But this is what I know. If there is more than one fisherman in your boat, as owner and operator of your boat, you will be ticketed for fish violations such as sub legal size or over total creel in your boat at the time the officer checks your boat even if you didnt catch the sub legal or the over creel fish that was put in your livewell.... YOU WILL BE RECEIVE THE CITATION