snagged in outlet 3 Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 https://www.stltoday.com/outdoors/another-big-fish-southeast-missouri-man-shoots--pound-lunker/article_20e0bd9f-75ef-54f7-92b1-b494ecebe238.html MoCarp 1
fishinwrench Posted May 17, 2019 Posted May 17, 2019 On Wednesday, the Department of Conservation announced that a Reeds Spring, Mo., man shot a redear sunfish that weighed in at 1 pound, 12 ounces. Is that legal ? Never considered it, but bowfishing for bluegill on the beds would be fun !
Hunter75 Posted May 17, 2019 Posted May 17, 2019 1 hour ago, fishinwrench said: Is that legal ? Never considered it, but bowfishing for bluegill on the beds would be fun ! I was thinking the same thing Wrench. I thought you could only shoot rough fish, carp, gar, etc. I didn't think game fish were legal to shoot. Are bluegill not game fish? You can use perch and bluegill for bait so maybe they aren't game fish.
snagged in outlet 3 Posted May 17, 2019 Author Posted May 17, 2019 6 hours ago, fishinwrench said: Is that legal ? Never considered it, but bowfishing for bluegill on the beds would be fun ! I posted that article on the table rock forum. I didn’t know it was legal either.
Johnsfolly Posted May 17, 2019 Posted May 17, 2019 MDC regulations Game fish not hooked in the mouth or jaw must be returned to the water unharmed immediately, except paddlefish legally taken during the paddlefish snagging season. Game fish include: goggle-eye (commonly known as Ozark bass, rock bass, and shadow bass) warmouth northern pike muskellunge, tiger muskie, and muskie pike hybrid chain pickerel grass pickerel all species of catfish except bullheads all species of black bass (largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted) paddlefish (spoonbill) all species of crappie white bass, yellow bass, and striped bass trout walleye sauger shovelnose sturgeon. Allowed alternate methods You may use permitted alternate methods in designated waters to take certain species, including paddlefish (snagging/grabbing methods only) and nongame fish. Nongame fish include bluegill green sunfish carp carpsuckers suckers buffalo drum gar, all other species other than those defined as game fish or listed as endangered Seems like redear get put into the "all other species.." listing. I would assume warmouth are included in with gamefish due to resemblance to the rock basses (goggle-eye). Old dog 417 1
laker67 Posted May 17, 2019 Posted May 17, 2019 "hooked in the jaw" must be a new reg. I have always considered that as "foul hooked".
tjm Posted May 17, 2019 Posted May 17, 2019 hmm, I think the mouth is mostly jaw? Red Ear are listed as non-game here https://huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/fishing/species/sunfish/sunfish-seasons-hours I know when I was a kid Dad and his friends gigged sunfish.
Ham Posted May 17, 2019 Posted May 17, 2019 Green Sunfish got screwed. mixermarkb 1 Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish
Greasy B Posted May 17, 2019 Posted May 17, 2019 Warmouth are game fish, Redear and Bluegill are not, WTF? Coosa 1 His father touches the Claw in spite of Kevin's warnings and breaks two legs just as a thunderstorm tears the house apart. Kevin runs away with the Claw. He becomes captain of the Greasy Bastard, a small ship carrying rubber goods between England and Burma. Michael Palin, Terry Jones, 1974
fishinwrench Posted May 17, 2019 Posted May 17, 2019 What criteria determines whether something is or isn't a "gamefish"?
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