01-04-2017, 11:39 PM
Think it would be illegal to set up a crappie rig with a size 2/0 hook trailing it, then pause that crappie in muskie territory on the way up? Hmmmmm.
[#0000FF]Knew a guy back in the heyday of Jordanelle...when there were some mega smallies in there. They often followed small perch on your line and even smacked them sometimes. This guy used the rationale that even though it was illegal to use live bait, there was no regulation on how fast you had to retrieve a perch hooked on your line. So, he rigged a jig with some worm, hooked a perch and then kept it "in the zone" until something larger chomped on it for lunch.
He did catch some big smallies...and released them of course. He did observe the regs at that time for no smallies over 12 inches. But the CO that busted him for "slow retrieving" the live perch did not seem to agree with his misunderstanding of the regs on live bait. Getting accurate legal interpretations can be costly.
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[#0000FF]Knew a guy back in the heyday of Jordanelle...when there were some mega smallies in there. They often followed small perch on your line and even smacked them sometimes. This guy used the rationale that even though it was illegal to use live bait, there was no regulation on how fast you had to retrieve a perch hooked on your line. So, he rigged a jig with some worm, hooked a perch and then kept it "in the zone" until something larger chomped on it for lunch.
He did catch some big smallies...and released them of course. He did observe the regs at that time for no smallies over 12 inches. But the CO that busted him for "slow retrieving" the live perch did not seem to agree with his misunderstanding of the regs on live bait. Getting accurate legal interpretations can be costly.
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