I know of a friend who went out here in MI waters. They got 7. The other fellow didn't want to bother taking only one fish home so gave his to the boat owner. Co waiting in the parking lot, stopped him and wrote him a ticket for one over after the one guy left. Kind of sucks but it is the law. I know this fellow would never take more than his limit, he's just not that kind of a guy. But I have done the same, gave away 1 fish due to not wanting to clean just one.