Straight Talk from KDFWR Re: Inflatable PFD's

[peter]

Thanks very much Carter. I guess you live near Frankfort? Maybe you can be our official KDFW reporter. When questions like this and for example "is it legal to fish in a marina" come up we would have the official answer. Laws and regulations can be difficult to write clearly.

Another one is the creel limit and how it relates to how many you can have in your possession. As I remember from a discussion a while back it seemed that if you were camping on your boat for a week and the daily limit and possession was two fish and you had not eaten any of the fish you could only keep two fish all week (have two fish in your cooler). However if you had a lake house and put two fish in the freezer every day you could end up with 14 fish. Not sure this is the effect of the regulation and I remember there being some confusion.

[Carter1]

That might work Peter. Maybe if there is a thread where people can post their questions that we can't get a good answer here then I could go over to KDFWR and get the answer and post it here.

[kygorski]

Why wouldn't you wear a PFD of anykind while on the water?

[Carter1]

Kygorski, I can't disagree with you on that.

[papawbass]

Carter1, Thanks for taking the time in getting this info. This is what makes this forum such a great site!

[GeoFisher]

Why wouldn't you wear a PFD of anykind while on the water?

Because it is MY PERSONAL CHOICE........Just like seat belts. I don't understand why gubment thinks it is their responsibility to protect my BUTT from myself.

With that said, I choose to wear my life vest and I choose to wear my seat belt.

Later,

Geo

[Carter1]

You're welcome papawbass.

[ErikSmith]

Why wouldn't you wear a PFD of anykind while on the water?

I'd imagine its the same reason people don't like to wear helmets while on a motorcycle. I'm not condoning either, as I wear my PFD's and would wear a helmet if I had a motorcycle. I'm just playing devils advocate on this one.

There does seem to be some miss-communication somewhere about this between upper echelons and the field workers.

[Carter1]

Erik, it isn't only that but also the wording of the statute. I was told at headquarters they don't like the way it is written and it needs to be fixed.