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Page 9:3. Dead fish, preserved fish, or parts of fish, shellfish and fish eggs may be used as bait. Goldfish may not be used as bait or in angler’s
possession while angling.
Page 11:3. Dead fish, preserved fish, or parts of fish, shellfish and fish eggs may be used as bait. Goldfish may not be used as bait or in angler’s
possession while angling.
I could not find anything that specifically prohibits you from using trout, but #5 of page 11 would give the official all he needs to cite you as trout are listed as a "game" fish.5. Possess in the field game fish dressed or mutilated so that size, species or fin clip
cannot be determined until the angler has reached their automobile or principle
means of land transportation and has completed their daily angling;
2011 regsGame Fish Are defined as follows: Trout, salmon when taken by angling, steelhead, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, bluegill,
crappie, other sunfish, catfish, walleye, yellow perch, hybrid bass (white x striped cross), whitefish, sturgeon
and shad when taken by angling, mullet, grayling and striped bass
Game Fish Are defined as follows: Trout, salmon when taken by angling, steelhead, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, bluegill,
crappie, other sunfish, catfish, walleye, yellow perch, hybrid bass (white x striped cross), whitefish, sturgeon
and shad when taken by angling, mullet, grayling and striped bass
I am going to call as well. Its not that clear and would rather not get a ticket in the first place.
Rule #5 is probably mostly talking about Sturgeon so people don't chop the head/tail off to make it measure legal size.
Where you are going to run into problems is rule #5 stating that you can't possess mutilated game fish "until the angler has reached their automobile or principle means of land transportation and has completed their daily angling." So if the game warden catches you with a meat that looks like a fish while you, at that time, are still angling they are going to first try to figure out what kind of fish it is. If he/she can determine that it is a game fish you are going to be written a citation, per #5. It makes no difference if you caught it on the river or at Wirth several days before, that isn't the issue. At that point it will be up to you to disprove the notion that were not fishing with a mutilated gamefish in your possession which, of course, would be impossible because you were.
What would make Shad strips any different? Your saying (well, the regs are saying) I can get cited for possessing Shad strips?
Shad are not game fish, that's the difference.
Shad are not game fish, that's the difference.
Game Fish Are defined as follows: Trout, salmon when taken by angling, steelhead, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, bluegill,
crappie, other sunfish, catfish, walleye, yellow perch, hybrid bass (white x striped cross), whitefish, sturgeon
and shad when taken by angling, mullet, grayling and striped bass.
Shad are not game fish, that's the difference.
Ok I ran a search for shad. It appears that in certain sections shad are lot listed as a game fish, in fact they are cited as having no limit in the same rule-set as carp, pikeminnow, chub, etc. It is probably in these sections that you can use shad for bait as they are not a gamefish in that area. Which means: You're hosed.