Culling - Limits - Fishing

It was explained to me once that if you have a tournament limit in the boat
and you catch a fish you must immediatley stop fishing and cull back down to
the tournament limit. I can understand that if fishing solo or fishing a
seperated pro am format since most tournament limits I have run across are
one less than the legal possession limit.

However in a team shared weight format the legal possession limit for the
team is usually more than twice the tournament limit. I was told that in
this circumstance both anglers must stop fishing until they have culled back
down to a tournament limit.

Is this standard?


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Culling - Limits - Fishing

Group: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass Date: Tue, May 8, 2007, 7:47am (CDT-2)
From: (Bob*La*Londe)
It was explained to me once that if you have a tournament limit in the
boat and you catch a fish you must immediatley stop fishing and cull
back down to the tournament limit. I can understand that if fishing solo
or fishing a seperated pro am format since most tournament limits I have
run across are one less than the legal possession limit.
However in a team shared weight format the legal possession limit for
the team is usually more than twice the tournament limit. I was told
that in this circumstance both anglers must stop fishing until they have
culled back down to a tournament limit.
Is this standard?
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Fishing Arizona & The Colorado River
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That is how most team touraments are...I have heard of disqualifications
when the other team member didn't quit casting.

John

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Culling - Limits - Fishing

Group: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass Date: Tue, May 8, 2007, 7:47am (CDT-2)
From: (Bob La Londe)
It was explained to me once that if you have a tournament limit in the
boat and you catch a fish you must immediatley stop fishing and cull
back down to the tournament limit. I can understand that if fishing solo
or fishing a seperated pro am format since most tournament limits I have
run across are one less than the legal possession limit.
However in a team shared weight format the legal possession limit for
the team is usually more than twice the tournament limit. I was told
that in this circumstance both anglers must stop fishing until they have
culled back down to a tournament limit.
Is this standard?
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Fishing Arizona & The Colorado River
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http://www.YumaBassMan.com
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That is how most team touraments are...I have heard of disqualifications
when the other team member didn't quit casting.

John

Interesting situation. You have actually broken the law if you have a limit
of fish in the livewell and catch another fish. Between the time you land
the fish and release the culled fish, you have overlimits.

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Culling - Limits - Fishing

Group: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass Date: Tue, May 8, 2007, 7:47am (CDT-2)
From: (Bob La Londe)
It was explained to me once that if you have a tournament limit in the
boat and you catch a fish you must immediatley stop fishing and cull
back down to the tournament limit. I can understand that if fishing solo
or fishing a seperated pro am format since most tournament limits I have
run across are one less than the legal possession limit.
However in a team shared weight format the legal possession limit for
the team is usually more than twice the tournament limit. I was told
that in this circumstance both anglers must stop fishing until they have
culled back down to a tournament limit.
Is this standard?
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Bob La Londe
Fishing Arizona & The Colorado River
Fishing Forums & Contests
http://www.YumaBassMan.com
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That is how most team touraments are...I have heard of disqualifications
when the other team member didn't quit casting.

John

Interesting situation. You have actually broken the law if you have a
limit of fish in the livewell and catch another fish. Between the time
you land the fish and release the culled fish, you have overlimits.

I don't think that's the case. For instance in mst Az tournaments the limit
is five, but the state possession limit is six per individual. It is done
that way on purpose.


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yes

Ronnie wrote:
yes

Yes what ? What in the Sam Hill are you talking about ?

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"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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Ronnie wrote:
yes

Yes what ? What in the Sam Hill are you talking about ?

Yes, it's standard.
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Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:
Ronnie wrote:
yes
Yes what ? What in the Sam Hill are you talking about ?

Yes, it's standard.

*WHAT* is standard ? Just what in the Sam Hill are you
talking about ?

You know, what you boys really need is some netiquette.
Your newsgroup is substandard.

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Here is what the Florida Fish and Wildlife folks have to say:
Is culling allowed?--Answer: The rules are different in fresh water
and salt water. Culling has always been allowed in fresh water
provided that released fish are alive and that culling is done
immediately. The rationale in part is biological but in part
historical. Recreational fishing has been regulated for much longer in
fresh water than in salt water, partially because of perceived impacts
on the resource (some people used to think the oceans were too large
to be impacted by recreational fishing or management efforts). Culling
was allowed very early on in fresh water and became widely accepted as
a fresh water practice throughout the nation for both individual
anglers and tournament anglers when live wells became common. Wanton
waste rules continue to prohibit discarding dead fish to deliberately
replace them with a larger live one. Remember that fish that are
illegal to possess because of species, size or bag limits cannot be
kept, even if they died or are likely to die as a result of catching
them, consequently they must be released.