Whenever fishing for something that has a creel limit it doesn't matter if you give fish away or not it is still your fish. You caught it & you gave it away so your the one that's going to pay the fine. I've saw people that have caught their limit of Crappie & call their wife to come & get them so they could keep fishing. That is highly illegal & if caught they should pay the fine. Sometimes they don't like it when I tell them that, but oh well. lol Some fisherman simply don't understand what a daily limit is especially when it comes to Crappie. No I'm not a Crappie fisherman so I'm not b*tching about it from that point of view, but a limit is still a limit & if you break it intentially you should be caught & fined dearly in my opinion. That's why limits are established to protect from over harvest.