08-11-2011, 05:21 PM
[quote TubeDude]
[cool][#0000ff]I question that. On my recent trip to the Queen Charlotte Islands (Canada), the lodge was adamant that no angler could keep more than their possession limits...and they kept daily track.[/#0000ff][#0000ff][/#0000ff][/quote]
So, the question is: how many halibut did you bring home?
It's NOT illegal what these places do. They won't lose their licenses. It is a moral thing, with me. By processing your fish (freezing and vacuum packing), you legally remove those fish from your possession limit, and are then legally able to go out the next day and harvest more fish. Things brings up a very important question: What is the purpose of the possession limit??
Question it all you want, that's what happens. That's why these places advertise "process your fish".
From Doc Warners website: "At the end of the day, you pilot your boat back to camp where our dock crew will meet your boat, tie it up, and begin to process your fish."
Why process your fish? Because once the fish are processed they are off of your possession limit -- thus allowing you to go fishing again the next day. (A 7 day fishing trip would be cut short after the 2nd day for many anglers if they kept their limits on those first two days -- unless they ate their catch)
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[cool][#0000ff]I question that. On my recent trip to the Queen Charlotte Islands (Canada), the lodge was adamant that no angler could keep more than their possession limits...and they kept daily track.[/#0000ff][#0000ff][/#0000ff][/quote]
So, the question is: how many halibut did you bring home?
It's NOT illegal what these places do. They won't lose their licenses. It is a moral thing, with me. By processing your fish (freezing and vacuum packing), you legally remove those fish from your possession limit, and are then legally able to go out the next day and harvest more fish. Things brings up a very important question: What is the purpose of the possession limit??
Question it all you want, that's what happens. That's why these places advertise "process your fish".
From Doc Warners website: "At the end of the day, you pilot your boat back to camp where our dock crew will meet your boat, tie it up, and begin to process your fish."
Why process your fish? Because once the fish are processed they are off of your possession limit -- thus allowing you to go fishing again the next day. (A 7 day fishing trip would be cut short after the 2nd day for many anglers if they kept their limits on those first two days -- unless they ate their catch)
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