New Law

[skipper9]

At the captains conference yesterday the odnr told us about there new law on cleaning fish.. this is what they said. From now on you have to leave all fish either whole or with the filet in one piece with the entire skin still attached until you get to the residence that is on you're fishing licience. Please check you're regulations for this new rule. They said if they would come to camper and find fish with no skin and the fish were not a whole filet it would be a ticket. I don't know what the fish cleaners are going to do. (Scale walleye like perch) what's pure opinion on this new rule?

[CW 186]

New way to get some money from people.

["chillin"]

New way to get some money from people.

We got delayed for about 20 minutes sat. morning at turtle creek. game warden had to run all of our drivers licenses. not sure for what but when he came back to the vehicle he started giving my buddy a bunch of crap. Kept asking if he had anything illegal on him and started checking around inside my jeep. we werent doing anything wrong. just trying to go fishn. they did the same thing to me last deer season at kokosing wildlife area. it was the third day of gun season and after checking my tags and gun he then made me take him to my vehicle. he was all suspicious cuz i told him i hadnt gotten a deer yet. so he looked all over my jeep for blood i guess and then looked all dissapointed when he found nothing. game wardens are out to write tickets...period.

[tbiser]

Chillin, thats sad. If they would put the effort in harrasing the folks that need it instead of wasting time on people that dont we all would be better off.

[tbiser]

I'm totally into saftey checks and license checks but after that if all is cool just leave me be. I'm not breaking any laws!!!

[gregnwtf]

At the captains conference yesterday the odnr told us about there new law on cleaning fish.. this is what they said. From now on you have to leave all fish either whole or with the filet in one piece with the entire skin still attached until you get to the residence that is on you're fishing licience. Please check you're regulations for this new rule. They said if they would come to camper and find fish with no skin and the fish were not a whole filet it would be a ticket. I don't know what the fish cleaners are going to do. (Scale walleye like perch) what's pure opinion on this new rule?

ODNR did mention later on in the meeting that they would accept a 1" x 1" spot of skin left on the each fillet. Its for ID reasons of course. They have had plenty of issues they face with overbagging and etc. that this is one way to try and prevent some illegal activities. The ODNR will be posting signs at fish cleaning stations along the lake that states the new law. Makes the fish cleaning task a little tough. I think they mentioned that each fillet should stay in one piece and not to zipper them either. Going to Canada rules change every year, TWIC cards will probably be gone by next year. Glad I wasted my money on that 5 years ago. Seems everytime I entered my marina I was asked by everybody to see my TWIC card ( sarcastic ). Most people have no idea what a TWIC card is. $133 card I was told to buy. The I68 forms may only last one more year or so. A new thing will replace that. Private boaters should check the laws before you think about crossing the line to Canuck waters. If you are from Ohio and fish in Canadian waters, you do not have to buy an Ohio lic. You should only have the allowed limits of fish for Ohio when entering your marina. The last thing is that the Ohio limits for walleye and perch will be announced to the public by mid April for the rest of the season. Remember the TAC post from awhile back. No ice ice my marina and no docks in yet either.

[Gettin Jiggy]

At the captains conference yesterday the odnr told us about there new law on cleaning fish.. this is what they said. From now on you have to leave all fish either whole or with the filet in one piece with the entire skin still attached until you get to the residence that is on you're fishing licience. Please check you're regulations for this new rule. They said if they would come to camper and find fish with no skin and the fish were not a whole filet it would be a ticket. I don't know what the fish cleaners are going to do. (Scale walleye like perch) what's pure opinion on this new rule?

Just means more work to do when u get home. What will our great state come up with next!

[gregnwtf]

Just means more work to do when u get home. What will our great state come up with next!

Didnt somebody say. " More Money". I doubt that the fish skin law will be welcomed with sharp knives. I guess it will depend on how bad the game warden wants to write a ticket that day.

[skipper9]

Greg, the odnr did say that there was no size limit on the skin. But later during questions he said it had to have skin on the whole filet. I thought it was gonna be like Canada bit he clarified and said no. It had to be a whole filet with the whole skin attached. I sat next to the guy asking the question.

[wakina]

Greg, the odnr did say that there was no size limit on the skin. But later during questions he said it had to have skin on the whole filet. I thought it was gonna be like Canada bit he clarified and said no. It had to be a whole filet with the whole skin attached. I sat next to the guy asking the question.

Here is a copy and paste of the regulation in question from the ODNR web site. IT says that exactly. The fillet must be Whole and the skin must be attached or the fish must be in the whole!

It is illegal to possess fish in any form other than whole or cut
into complete fillets with skin attached when fishing from shore,
or a boat, or unloading fish from a boat on any waters where a
fishing license is required until the angler reaches their permanent
residence. It is legal to transport fish whole or as fillets with
the skin attached while returning from the Lake Erie Islands on a
commercial ferry boat. Frozen fish must be transported in a way
the fillets can be easily identified and counted.