Possession Limit Change

[Troutman_2]

If I am reading the 2014 proclamation right, over-night ice fishermen stand to benifit from the rules change.
It looks like as long as you clean all the fish you catch before midnight, your fairy DWR mother will magically reset your daily limit at the stroke of midnight!

Starting Jan. 1, in addition to one legal
daily limit of fish, you may also possess one additional
limit of fish as long as those fish meet
all of the following requirements:
• They were caught on a previous day.
• They have been cleaned and gutted
(entrails removed).
• They are a legal species and limit for the
waterbody where you were fishing.

Your thoughts?
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[Duckbutter]

Sounds right, but all in all I don't think it will have that big of an impact on icefishing, as most overnight ice fishing seems to happen at the Gorge for burbot.

The biggest impact will be at long destination waters, such as Powell, for species such as bass and crappie. I usually throw fish on ice, and wait until the end of the trip to clean the majority of the fish, exception being if space is tight on ice, or if we are consuming them on the trip.

All in all, I like the change. I just hope it doesn't lead to over harvest in a couple of waters.
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[roynut]

Unfortunately the new possession limits don't apply to Flaming Gorge (or Strawberry, but I don't go there), which is one of the places where people go to either fish overnight or to stay overnight and fish for two days. However, my family owns one of the cabins on the hill overlooking Scofield, so when I go there for a weekend stay I'll be able to keep two limits of trout.

[Fishrmn]

[red]IF[/red] you can catch two limits of trout and comply with the slot limit.
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[RockyRaab]

Its a huge and beneficial change. Besides, it brings us in step with most other states. It means you can have one limit at home in the freezer and still go out and catch one more limit. Before, you could only possess one full limit ANYWHERE. That meant if you had (for example) three trout in your freezer, you could only catch and keep one more on your next trip. That was nuts.
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[flygoddess]

Worked for me[] Besides, fish taste much better fresh than frozen[]
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[Tarponjim]

One limit is all anyone needs. Should have kept it that way.
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[roynut]

No kidding, Fishrmn! Life was so much simpler at Scofield before the days of the slot limit!

[mojorizing]

[quote roynut]No kidding, Fishrmn! Life was so much simpler at Scofield before the days of the slot limit![/quote]That's why there's a slot limit.
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[Fowl-Hook]

Question, So I keep 4 trout at Rockport in the fridge then go to Strawberry the next day. What am I allowed to keep?

It can't be much different to keep one slot limit at home in the fridge and try for another Strawberry slot limit tomorrow.
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[RockyRaab]

Doesn't matter where you have 'em. You're allowed two limits, total. (The cleaning restrictions apply.)
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[Fowl-Hook]

That sounds great to me, might get back into smoking up some fish again.
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[kokeking]

[quote roynut]Unfortunately the new possession limits don't apply to Flaming Gorge (or Strawberry, but I don't go there), which is one of the places where people go to either fish overnight or to stay overnight and fish for two days. However, my family owns one of the cabins on the hill overlooking Scofield, so when I go there for a weekend stay I'll be able to keep two limits of trout.[/quote]

Unfortunate???? really???? the gorge is going to lose over 800,000 fish with the closing of the jones hole hatchery. And you think it's a good idea to allow more fish to be taken ,as in allowing two limits in possession
Please explain to me how ,raising the possesion limits on the gorge,helps the fishery?. Strawberry will be affected also with the closing of the jones hole hatchery,how will raising the limits there,help that fishery? I hope the Wyoming G&F never raise the possession limits on the gorge,as long as Wyo don't raise them. Utah won't raise them either.

[flygoddess]

Just can't keep two limits FROM Strawberry.
I can't believe the amount of fish everyone here eats. Just hope everyone "will" eat there two day limit and buy their fertilizer.[]
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[fishnate]

[quote Dog-lover]Question, So I keep 4 trout at Rockport in the fridge then go to Strawberry the next day. What am I allowed to keep?

It can't be much different to keep one slot limit at home in the fridge and try for another Strawberry slot limit tomorrow.[/quote]

Looks like the misinformation train has started down the tracks. RockyRaab wasn't quite right. READ the blasted proclamation - it says clearly that you can only keep the second limit if you are not in excess of the limit for the particular bod of water you are fishing. Therefore if you have one lmit in the freezer you can't go to Strawberry and keep any more.
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From the Guide Book:
[indent]"The above rule applies to most waterbodies, where you may have a maximum of two daily limits in your possession at any one time. The only exceptions to this rule are at Strawberry Reservoir and Flaming Gorge, where you may have only one daily limit in your possession."
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I have it easy. All I have to worry about is if the water body is legal to fish. I don't have a "limit." My only limit is my energy to fish since I let virtually everything go[cool]. No cleaning, no cooking, no stink.
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[Fowl-Hook]

So the regs state the 2 day possession limit does Not apply to Strawberry of Flaming Gorge.
If I have four fish cleaned and in the home fridge from Rockport can I go to Strawberry the next day and bring home one daily slot limit from that water?

For the most part It's all Hypothetical once the fish are home, few of us invite folks into our home for a freezer search.

Thanks Fishnate you answered the question before i got it posted!!!
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[Fishrmn]

From the 2014 guidebook:

The above rule applies to most waterbodies, where you may have a maximum of two daily limits in your possession at any one time. The only exceptions to this rule are at Strawberry Reservoir and Flaming Gorge, where you may have only one daily limit in your possession.

If you have a limit at home in the freezer, or in the truck on the way home from someplace else, you CAN'T keep fish from Strawberry.

You may not fish at waters that have a specific size limit if you possess fish in
violation of that limit.

You can't have fish in your possession (at home, in camp, in the freezer, etc.) that violate the slot limit and legally fish at Strawberry. You couldn't have a cutthroat with the adipose fin intact, and legally fish at Bear Lake.
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[gofish435]

It seems funny that the only involvement from the SFW toward fishing in years was to ask for an increase in the harvesting of fish. They expect trophy big game ($) but when it comes to fishing they just want to fill their freezer.[]
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[roynut]

[quote kokeking][quote roynut]Unfortunately the new possession limits don't apply to Flaming Gorge (or Strawberry, but I don't go there), which is one of the places where people go to either fish overnight or to stay overnight and fish for two days. However, my family owns one of the cabins on the hill overlooking Scofield, so when I go there for a weekend stay I'll be able to keep two limits of trout.[/quote]

Unfortunate???? really???? the gorge is going to lose over 800,000 fish with the closing of the jones hole hatchery. And you think it's a good idea to allow more fish to be taken ,as in allowing two limits in possession
Please explain to me how ,raising the possesion limits on the gorge,helps the fishery?. Strawberry will be affected also with the closing of the jones hole hatchery,how will raising the limits there,help that fishery? I hope the Wyoming G&F never raise the possession limits on the gorge,as long as Wyo don't raise them. Utah won't raise them either.[/quote]



If you will please refer to my post, you can see that the first sentence says that it's unfortunate that the new possession limit does not apply to FG and Strawberry, along with one of the reasons why. That's all. Notice that I did not say that it would be a good idea to allow more fish to be taken from them. I've re-read my post repeatedly and I just can't find any hidden words that say that I think it would be a good idea to allow more fish to be taken from those lakes. And as the author of that sentence, I can tell you definitively that I not only didn't say it, I didn't imply it nor suggest it either.

Therefore, while I'm sure your post was well-intentioned, it was based on a topic that you created on your own (i.e., whether it would be a good idea to hypothetically allow more fish to be taken from FG and Strawberry) and therefore has nothing to do with my post, or for that matter, nothing to do with this thread (i.e., thoughts on the new possession limit). If you really wish to pursue the topic of the hypothetical impact and advisability of raising the limit at FG and Strawberry, I suggest that you start a new thread to solicit discussions on it. However, I trust that UT DWR has already considered all of the arguments related to that topic, and which is ostensibly why the new limit excludes those lakes.

[kokeking]

[quote roynut][quote kokeking][quote roynut]Unfortunately the new possession limits don't apply to Flaming Gorge (or Strawberry, but I don't go there), which is one of the places where people go to either fish overnight or to stay overnight and fish for two days. However, my family owns one of the cabins on the hill overlooking Scofield, so when I go there for a weekend stay I'll be able to keep two limits of trout.[/quote]

Unfortunate???? really???? the gorge is going to lose over 800,000 fish with the closing of the jones hole hatchery. And you think it's a good idea to allow more fish to be taken ,as in allowing two limits in possession
Please explain to me how ,raising the possesion limits on the gorge,helps the fishery?. Strawberry will be affected also with the closing of the jones hole hatchery,how will raising the limits there,help that fishery? I hope the Wyoming G&F never raise the possession limits on the gorge,as long as Wyo don't raise them. Utah won't raise them either.[/quote]



If you will please refer to my post, you can see that the first sentence says that it's unfortunate that the new possession limit does not apply to FG and Strawberry, along with one of the reasons why. That's all. Notice that I did not say that it would be a good idea to allow more fish to be taken from them. I've re-read my post repeatedly and I just can't find any hidden words that say that I think it would be a good idea to allow more fish to be taken from those lakes. And as the author of that sentence, I can tell you definitively that I not only didn't say it, I didn't imply it nor suggest it either.

Therefore, while I'm sure your post was well-intentioned, it was based on a topic that you created on your own (i.e., whether it would be a good idea to hypothetically allow more fish to be taken from FG and Strawberry) and therefore has nothing to do with my post, or for that matter, nothing to do with this thread (i.e., thoughts on the new possession limit). If you really wish to pursue the topic of the hypothetical impact and advisability of raising the limit at FG and Strawberry, I suggest that you start a new thread to solicit discussions on it. However, I trust that UT DWR has already considered all of the arguments related to that topic, and which is ostensibly why the new limit excludes those lakes.[/quote]

Nope,sorry not looking for any hidden meaning,just responding to your statement "roynut]Unfortunately the new possession limits don't apply to Flaming Gorge (or Strawberry," I take that to mean as most reasonable people would,that you would like to see the possession limits to change on both the gorge and strawberry. I simply pointed out why raising the possession limit would be a bad idea.
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