I am hoping some of you can help me out with this one. Especially the charter captains should give me good insight. A few weeks ago a buddy of mine, who is docked on Grand River, said that they were getting cited for cleaning fish near the water. Eventhough they bagging up all waste and throwing it away,they were still ticketed. Apparently it is illegal to clean any fish on the boat even when docked or clean fish near the water.
I am docked in Port Clinton and I usually clean my fish at the dock or on the boat, the charter captains also clean their fish next to their boats at their own cleaning stations. Has anyone been cited yet at western end docks for cleaning fish? My marina provides freezers for the fish waste and I have never seen anyone throw waste into the lake. What is the deal with this? I just want to know if chances are good I get a citation this weekend for cleaning perch at my dock.