08-16-2010, 10:18 PM
[quote CoyoteSpinner]
Maybe I misinterpreted - but what I thought was meant by "may not be removed from the water and must be released immediately" referred more to - no live wells, no stringers, no hanging on to them, taking them home - rather get the hook out (if you can) and get them back in quickly as possible. As I mentioned - I revived many of the fish, since I was wading in the water. And those fish took off with full-vigor. Each fish was quite quickly returned. [/quote]
Are you for real? How can you misinterpret "may not be removed from the water?"
[quote CoyoteSpinner]
The listing of how best to handle and release fish - are suggestions, as I see it. GOOD ones, but it's not that you're breaking the law if you touch a fish with a dry hand - for example, key word - "AVOID".
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Never said you were breaking the law touching a fish with dry hands, or any other point in that list, just pointing out that they were mishandled. Which they were.
[quote CoyoteSpinner]
Spoke with a ranger who checked my "temporary out of state license". He asked if we'd caught any bulls - I told him about the biggy - then he asked if they were released. I told him Yes-Sir! I did tell him about the photos - he didn't question anything about lifting fish out of the water. I even showed him the big-bull!
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Rangers work for the Forest Service; most of them are completely clueless as to the Fish and Game regulations.
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Maybe I misinterpreted - but what I thought was meant by "may not be removed from the water and must be released immediately" referred more to - no live wells, no stringers, no hanging on to them, taking them home - rather get the hook out (if you can) and get them back in quickly as possible. As I mentioned - I revived many of the fish, since I was wading in the water. And those fish took off with full-vigor. Each fish was quite quickly returned. [/quote]
Are you for real? How can you misinterpret "may not be removed from the water?"
[quote CoyoteSpinner]
The listing of how best to handle and release fish - are suggestions, as I see it. GOOD ones, but it's not that you're breaking the law if you touch a fish with a dry hand - for example, key word - "AVOID".
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Never said you were breaking the law touching a fish with dry hands, or any other point in that list, just pointing out that they were mishandled. Which they were.
[quote CoyoteSpinner]
Spoke with a ranger who checked my "temporary out of state license". He asked if we'd caught any bulls - I told him about the biggy - then he asked if they were released. I told him Yes-Sir! I did tell him about the photos - he didn't question anything about lifting fish out of the water. I even showed him the big-bull!
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Rangers work for the Forest Service; most of them are completely clueless as to the Fish and Game regulations.
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