(g) No person shall land or possess on the waters of this state or on any parcel of land, structure, or portion of a roadway abutting tidal waters of this state any striped bass from which the head or tail has been removed or which has otherwise been rendered unidentifiable as a striped bass or unable to be measured.
I guess I need to rethink things. I often stay on my boat for the full weekend, Friday afternoon thru Monday morning. I thought I was following the rules of minimum lengths, and daily bag limits faithfully, but after reading this, I might be breaking the law without knowing it.
I often fillet my catch (Tog, Strpied Bass, Black SeaBass, Scup, Fluke or Flounder depending on the weekend and what's in season) when I return to my slip, feed the racks to the crabs, then pack the fillets on ice in a cooler located in my truck so I don't carry them out on the water with me the following day.
On my trip home Monday, the way I have been doing it, I could potentially be traveling home with 4 days of fillets, without racks to boot. (I'm not this good, I have never limited out every day, that's why I said "potentially")
I never thought about it, but being "Roadway" is mentioned in what was posted, I am breaking the law on two fronts. Possession limit as well as transporting fillets without the racks even though it could potentially be 4 days later.
I thought because my trip was over and I was back at my slip, I was in the clear with both racks and possession limits, but I guess not.
Edited by FarmerJay (04/13/1210:57 PM)
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