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[#0000FF]First of all, it is illegal to keep them alive in a bait tank. Second, if you plan to sell them you need a permit from DWR. I suggest you call them and get clarification on what is legal...and not.
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Thanks for the info.
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how do you transport them from the private ponds to your bait tank?
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I would definitely inquire about becoming legal, a good lesson for the kids and they can make some money also. It doesn't cost anything to inquire.
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I recently inquired of the DWR what one would have to do to sell bait (there is nothing in the proclamation). The local (Springville) office didn't have the application you have to fill out, but they had the SLC office email me one. It costs $75 IF you are approved, and that can take some time. Didn't seem worth it to trap and sell a few minnows.
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Yikes! Kind of steep. Thanks for checking into it.
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I think it sounded like they have licensed dealers that can buy and sell fish, and if you want to do something like this, you get licensed, (have your pond inspected) and buy seed stock from the dealers and then raise and sell the minnows, but they have to be dead when you sell them, so your customers don't get pinched for transporting live fish... You can't just go out and catch minnows and sell them, from my understanding of the law... Been several years since I looked into this, but ya I gave up on it too... Sounded like a good idea, but the red tape quickly made me forget that idea... I just got a casting net and try to find minnows sometime in the year and then freeze enough to carry me for the next year... My problem is, too often I can't find the minnows to stock up... This way the minnows are closer to the correct size though... not too big or too small... Later J
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[quote SkunkedAgain]... and then raise and sell the minnows, but they have to be dead when you sell them, [/quote]


The biggest concern I had when the OP posted his initial post was he was collecting the carp, then transporting them LIVE to his home tank. He shouldn't have been doing this.


Moving live fish around the state is bad practice. This makes all that "red tape" a positive in my mind.

The OP obviously figured out that his post was self-incriminating, and deleted it. I have to wonder if anyone from the DWR saw it before he removed it?
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do you have to be licensed to sell nightcrawlers? my 9 year old has been talking about catching them in our yard and selling them out of our driveway. we live on the road going up to east canyon.
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I guess I missed the original part of the post, but wondered if something other had been deleted.

It's important that we have this kind of conversations because I don't think everyone knows all the rules and maybe even the reason for the rules. I think being open to learning more can help us understand the reason for the regulations and if folks understand then we usually get buy in and they help to support that in the future. As the concern for bucket biologists is understood, then it's easier to know why we don't want live fish moved around. Sometimes it takes some years and experience to understand the full story and so in those cases it's important that the regs are followed until you gain a more complete understanding. It's easy to think you want a certain kind of fish in an area, but without knowing all the effects you could really shoot yourself in the foot like when they brought carp into this area. There's always unforeseen consequences that can bite ya. Anyway good conversation. Later J
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[#0000FF]I think that is a city by city thing...not regulated by DWR. But if you are in business you may be required to get a business license. Check with your local city offices.
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