ODNR New Low for Revenue

[OneEyedWilly]

It's going to be up to the officer and how many citations he needs to get to look good for the month. Thats all it is. I'm good friends with a state highway patrol commander and he said DNR officers are required to write a number of citations. Some are going to be pricks

You are basing your statement on third party information! That's crazy. Come on now a friends tells you this about another department he does not work in. Quotas and all that crap are the biggest misconception about police etc. My Dad retired from police work about 10 years ago after working 36 years in two departments. Most of his friends are police and they are cops from all over the state. None I know of ever said they had quotas. Some guys write more than others but they never say go write this many. BS. If you want to say they law is wrong whatever but don't say it is because of a quota. If they wanted an easy ticket to fill a quota they would go down to the local pier, walk down and dink a few guys for some BS. Here these guys went out on a boat in the middle of the lake for 8 hours and observed these guys on party boats, whatever. Then waited til the dock to cite these guys. Far from an easy ticket to fill their so called "quota".

[tbiser]

I'm just telling the forum what was told to me. I dont know you but i have been checked many times before i even hit the ramp. I'm saying its not a bad thing because i believe in saftey first. But, they look for silly stuff sometimes. My brother overheard one of the officers say he'll get his in today if he stays long enough. Just saying.....

[ReelTime]

Here is a written responce from the ODNR in ragards to this situation. Click on this link.

http://www.ohiogamefishing.com/commu...d.php?t=198577

[ebijack]

Thanks Reeltime. That's pretty much the way it has been explained to me and I tried to relay in my posts. I still think while trolling, you should be able to get a "boat limit" as you don't always have able folks to steer and control the boat not being a charter. But I understand the statement.

[wakina]

I also sent an email to the ODNR and here is a copy and paste of that Email minus my private email which I Xed out. There will be alot of people P.O. with the answer!



Derald,

Thanks for the email. Once you catch your limit for a particular fish,
you must stop fishing for that fish.

Thanks,
Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 8:12 AM
To: Wildinfo
Subject: Comments from users

Derald at [email protected]

Phone Number:

I would like to know if while fishing on Lake Erie if you are allowed to
catch and release additional walleyes once you have placed your daily
limit of walleyes in your cooler or live well! Are you allowed to
continue to fish for walleyes on a catch and release basis or must you
stop fishing?
Thank You;
Derald

Referring page: http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/10750/default.aspx

[Island Runner]

If I am reading and understanding all this correctly, while trolling say you have 4 men on the boat and 15 fish in the box, it would seem that it would be illegal to have more than 2 lines out, is this correct? If 14 fish in the box only 4 lines out?
And as Lowe Life stated, are the officers actually gonna believe you are trolling for Sheephead? Its logical to some extent, but all these grey areas on the law, just as the new fish cleaning law, seem to leave me more confused and worried even though I do nothing wrong. It kinda makes a rather enjoyable time on the water more nerve racking and filled with anxiety over whether you are in total compliance with new, unclear laws.

[tbiser]

I found this reading online:
http://www.cleveland.com/outdoors/in...rs_become.html

[ebijack]

[QUOTE=Island Runner;20686]If I am reading and understanding all this correctly, while trolling say you have 4 men on the boat and 15 fish in the box, it would seem that it would be illegal to have more than 2 lines out, is this correct? If 14 fish in the box only 4 lines out? [QUOTE]

Yep if an officer wants to push the subject. But I doubt you'll see it strickly enforced unless someone complains and makes it a big issue. I sure hope not.

[PDnaz]

I also sent an email to the ODNR and here is a copy and paste of that Email minus my private email which I Xed out. There will be alot of people P.O. with the answer!



Derald,

Thanks for the email. Once you catch your limit for a particular fish,
you must stop fishing for that fish.

Thanks,
Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 8:12 AM
To: Wildinfo
Subject: Comments from users

Derald at [email protected]

Phone Number:

I would like to know if while fishing on Lake Erie if you are allowed to
catch and release additional walleyes once you have placed your daily
limit of walleyes in your cooler or live well! Are you allowed to
continue to fish for walleyes on a catch and release basis or must you
stop fishing?
Thank You;
Derald

Referring page: http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/10750/default.aspx

Sounds like to me the ODNR needs to get their act together. I just watched the "Wild Ohio" show and the Officer was dealing with walleye fishing and addressed the very issue of passing the pole. He said if you have your limit you can hook a fish and give your pole to your buddy who does not have his limit and he can legally reel in the fish. Catch was described as netting or taking possession of by touching the fish, which you could not do if you had your limit. According to the officer on the program, you can still fish for a species even though you have caught your limit as long as you did not keep or have in your possession more than your limit of that species.