03-20-2020, 01:27 AM
This came up last year. The Northerners who were coming to the Flotilla at UL wondered if they could bring one of their favorite baits, sucker meat. If I recall correctly, TD ran it past someone in the DWR and they were dismayed to see that the regulation had been printed allowing sucker as bait in UL. They said that it was fully their intent to exclude sucker use in UL. I expected it to be changed in the 2020 Guidebook but it was printed the same way. At that time (2019 Flotilla) I opted not to use sucker meat that I had leftover from a trip to Flaming Gorge--went with the spirit of the law rather than the letter. Didn't hurt me a bit. Can't imagine why someone would want to use sucker anyway when there are better baits easily available.
The older I get the more I would rather be considered a good man than a good fisherman.