Fish Fillet Currency

chomps wrote:

Got a buddy who has about an acre of asparagus, I’ll bring him a bag of fish and a jar of maple syrup and he lets me pick to my hearts content. I’ll eat, freeze, and make pickled asparagus for Bloody Mary’s. I then trade pickled asparagus for more maple syrup, then go get some deer sticks. Now I have fresh maple syrup for the pancakes and fixings for the bloody’s. The elderly neighbor lady also get 2 fillets breaded up when I’m doing a fish fry for the friends. We pool our bags of fish together and have a wonderful time, the neighbor lady is as happy as can be. You should see the stuff I can trade fresh morels for!

Sounds like asparagus laundering. Also illegal.

Party fishing looks great!
Also, I would love to see an acre of asparagus! That has to produce so much!

At what point is the fish that you trade or gift no longer in your possession? I know when you gift a fish you have to put your fishing license info on the bag.

But say I want to keep a possession limit of 10 crappie in my possession. I give 5 of them to my Father-in-law, so he has 5 of my crappie and I have 5 of my crappie. When are his 5 crappie out of my possession? When he eats them? Do I have to keep on checking in with him to see when their gone? Or are they out of my possession when I hand them over to him, even though my license info is on them?

I see no problem using fish fillet as currency. Ones over indulgence in morality should be self analyzed with professional help. Welcome to peta’s douple ganger with a different view but saying the same thing.
I will trade you 4 sunfish for a bottle of propane. Currency.

Pretty sure once you gift them, they are no longer part of your possession limit, but still count as your daily limit until midnight. But that is just me using logic, so probably incorrect.

Dusty Gesinger wrote:

Pretty sure once you gift them, they are no longer part of your possession limit, but still count as your daily limit until midnight. But that is just me using logic, so probably incorrect.

The problem with that is what’s keeping somebody from getting a possession limit every day, then gifting it to a friend or family member every evening?

Legally, I don’t think anything, at least it is one limit a day. Could be worse.

Outdraft wrote:

Seriously, I give fish away all the time to people that love fish and don’t fish, as also to people that can’t fish but still like a meal if it, I don’t trade it and I don’t expect anything back, when they respond saying thank you do much is so rewarding in itself, and the best part is they never know when they will get some, I feel sorry for you that you think I’m stealing your fish only to give some away,it explains a lot why society is so screwed up, ugh, I can’t believe I even responded to something so anal

I agree!!! I won’t waste my time reading beyond this one–no need. ‘Nuff said. God forbid–I cut ( via permit) some oak for firewood on state land and gave some to a neighbor who needed it. Yup–he did me a favor back. Now I’ll go to confession…and turn myself in for doing a good thoughtful deed–with a state resource. Heck…I have given countless fillets to people who let me hunt their land over the past 50 plus years. I have given countless fillets to people who have done me a favor for the past 50 plus years. Don’t tell the “fish lives matter” group–next thing ya know the boat ramps will be blocked!

If “gifting” a fish/multiple fish/game etc. taken legally, becomes an ethics/legal issue, it is finally time to admit you are NUTS!!!!!!! LOL Go hug a tree!!!!

OOPS–forogt! Bless me father for I have sinned…I traded some walleye fillets when I was in high school for some lobster tails at the Y Club in Garrison Mn. PLEASE forgive Clarence Fisher, the owner at the time who never had time to fish, for being a bad influence on such an innocent kid.

mnrabbit wrote:

At what point is the fish that you trade or gift no longer in your possession? I know when you gift a fish you have to put your fishing license info on the bag.

As soon as you are out of sight of the fish. If you are still in the vicinity of the fish and caught them yourself, you are in possession as long as you are with the fish. If he gets in his car with the fish and closes the door, he’s in possession. Keep in mind now that you have possessed your daily and possession limit for the day….you are not entitled to go back out the same and catch five more fish to make up what you gave away.

Brian Klawitter wrote:

A HUGE THANK YOU GLENN! Those sunfish you gifted me were my mom’s last meal of fish. (although you or I didn’t know it at the time).

Since both my mother and my sister (from CO) love sunnies they both appreciated them much more then I could explain in words.

Thanks you for your generosity.

no problem BK. glad I could do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the discussion folks

I don’t think people should use fish filets as currency. I tried it once and it made a huge mess in my wallet.

I’m just going to stick with dollar bills.

I give a lot of my fish to my grandma. She’s 78 and can’t fish. In return I get hugs

I sometimes give fish to my grandparents who are in their 90’s and still living on the farm. God forgive me for I have sinned.

Sometimes when I go fishing, I don’t catch any, but I use aluminum cans for currency like crazy