fish cleaning regulations???

[Capt Juls]

From the ODNR site:

It is unlawful...

To buy or sell any fish taken by sport fishing, including angling and trotlinefishing, taken from any water area in the state.

To transport and introduce any aquatic species (fish, invertebrate, plant) from one body of water to another.

For the public to tag and release fish into any public water area.

For any person to possess a fish in any form or condition other than whole while on or when unloading the fish from the boat, while wading, or while fishing from shore on any waters in this state where a fishing license is required.

In addition:

Fillets must be kept whole until an angler reaches their permanent residence or until the fish are prepared for immediate consumption.

There is no requirement to keep any skin on fillets.

This does not apply to anglers with a receipt from a fish cleaning house or charter captain with states date, number, and type of fish possessed.

Fish may be transported whole or as a complete fillet while returning from the Lake Erie Islands on a commercial ferry boat.

[bdrieck]

Thank you all for the information! I hope to see some of you out there this weekend! Love the jig bite! hope they are still there with spotty spring weather.

[wakina]

The people that maintain the ODNR web site need to get up to speed, as of 5 min ago they still don't have the legal limit updated for the Dates of May1,2014 thru February 28, 2015. Found it on a different web page! Here it is!

http://www2.ohiodnr.gov/news/post/20...please-anglers

[Capt Juls]

The people that maintain the ODNR web site need to get up to speed, as of 5 min ago they still don't have the legal limit updated for the Dates of May1,2014 thru February 28, 2015. Found it on a different web page! Here it is!

http://www2.ohiodnr.gov/news/post/20...please-anglers

I called them yesterday and told them they needed to update that. She said she would tell whoever does that to update it. I haven't checked to see if itwas done yet though.

[wakina]

Thanks for taking the time to call the ODNR. I just checked the regulations page and it has not been updated yet. With this being Sat. it probably won't be updated until next week. Once again thanks.