Bass fishing season
Here in Mich. the DNR is looking at some different proposals to change
the fishing season & actually add in some time for catch & release.
What I would like to know is where you guys are from & tell wether your
state has a closed season for bass long with a period of time that you
can catch & release |
bassintheweeds
May 23
2004
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| Florida has no closed season on bass. Doc <bassintheweeds@webtv.net> wrote in message news:10553-40B14054-118@storefull-3235.bay.webtv.net...
Here in Mich. the DNR is looking at some different proposals to change
the fishing season & actually add in some time for catch & release.
What I would like to know is where you guys are from & tell wether your
state has a closed season for bass long with a period of time that you
can catch & release |
Doc
May 23
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| Here in PA (& NJ) bass season is generally closed for a 2-month period from
late April through mid June. We are permitted to C&R all we want. My club
holds "paper tourneys" during the "off" season which are generally the most
exciting tourneys of the year. Pulling 19# pound "bags" this time of year
is not uncommon, as we try to schedule these events during the peak of the
spawn in each lake. Sometimes we miss by a week or two, but more often than
not we hit excellent sight-fishing. I love the spawn period. Warren
--
http://www.warrenwolk.com/
http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com |
go-bassn
May 24
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| Wisconsin has an open season from May 1 through March 6, so they have a
closed season from March 7 through April 30. In addition they also split the state into a northern and southern zone as
follows;
Northern zone C&R only from May 1 through June 18, after that date daily bag
limit of 5 with 14" minimum length.
Southern zone no C&R period, daily bag limit of 5 with 14" minimum length. There are a couple of footnotes about this info;
1 - The Northern zone is only approx. the northern 1/3 of the state.
2 - This is for both Largemouth and Smallmouth bass.
(All hail the river Smallies! Pound for pound the scrappiest, fightn'est
freshwater fish, period.)
(And with the state record of 9 lbs. 1 oz, that person must have been
fishing with Muskie gear (or wishing he was!) to land it. Indian Lake,
Oneida County, 6-21-1950) Cast far
Bob |
Bob
May 24
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| Bob |
Bob
May 24
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| On BassFan.com, "Dock Talk" section, they say those changes will give the
shaft to bass anglers by shortening the tournament season. They provide a
link to this story:
http://www.mlive.com/sports/fljournal/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1085067396135
530.xml Here in NY, the bass season is closed from December 1 through the third
Friday in June. During the closed season, it is illegal to fish for them,
even on a catch-and-release basis. There's a good chance that starting in
2007 there will be catch and release allowed during part or all of the
closed season. |
Marty
May 24
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| CT-- no closed season except that it is illegal to fish for anything on
trout stocked lakes between 4/1 and the 34d sat in apr. MA-- no closed season on anything VT-- Bass season opens 1st weekend in June, but C&R fishing for them is
legal. RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing |
RichZ
May 24
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| And there's still some decent smallmouth fishing in Indian Lake. Just down
the road a bit, my partner Gil caught a 7 lb. 1 oz. smallie, what a pig that
was! He caught his while walleye fishing, on a 6' light action spinning
rod. |
Steve
May 24
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| The season is closed until aproximately July 1. If you catch a bass out of
season you better move to another fishing location or face dire circumstances.
I was fishing the shallows for lakers with a spoon. I caught a big bass out of
season and released it. The regs and pier pressure made me stop fishing even
though there is a marginal chance of catching a laker in the shallows. The same
scenario follows for pike and brown trout during April. I doubt if a CO could
make a case unless there was possession of an out of season fish. As i said
before there is pier pressure whether or not ther is piers present.
CO's have a way of sneaking up on you since you are so focused on fishing. That
happened to me when i was salmon fishing. He was trying to determine if i was
trying to foul hook a salmon and at the same time do a license check. They
always greet you in a couteous mannner and 2 seconds later announce "license
check lads". |
lurebuilder
May 24
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| Neither Tennessee, nor Kentucky has a closed season. |
Charles
May 24
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| no closed season here in GA
Ronnie
fishing.guide@about.com
http://fishing.about.com |
rgarri7470
May 24
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| fightn'est
freshwater fish, period.) Pound for pound I might bet on a bluegill, IMO |
alwaysfishking
May 24
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| Warren,
Isn't there something in the Pa regs that forbid casting to a bass on a
nest, or words to that effect? I'm sure there's something in there about it,
but my kids kinda played with my copy into oblivion. -Zimmy |
duckhunter4570
May 24
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| Bass season open all year here in Arkansas. Larry |
Larry
May 24
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