Quick Question

  • TroyR
    Silver Lake MN
    Posts: 405
    June 30, 2004 at 6:34 pm #1244521

    Is it even legal to use smaller fish, i.e. small sunfish as bait? I have always been told that it was not legal.

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    June 30, 2004 at 6:37 pm #310718

    Not legal in Minnesota.

    TroyR
    Silver Lake MN
    Posts: 405
    June 30, 2004 at 6:45 pm #310721

    thanks Jon

    walleye1274
    Chippewa Falls, WI
    Posts: 515
    June 30, 2004 at 7:14 pm #310726

    not legal in wisconsin either, but I have heard they work well.

    stillakid2
    Roberts, WI
    Posts: 4603
    June 30, 2004 at 7:21 pm #310728

    Legal in WI but must be counted as part of your daily possession limit. If you go through 10 sunnies on a 10 limit water, you must use something else after that. I’m not positive if this applies to all game fish, but it does with sunnies.

    walleye1274
    Chippewa Falls, WI
    Posts: 515
    June 30, 2004 at 8:19 pm #310740

    Thanks for clearing that up!! I never knew that.

    crossin_eyes
    Lakeville, MN
    Posts: 1371
    July 1, 2004 at 5:51 pm #310901

    Boy that seems pretty gray. If you catch 10 sunnies and use 10 sunnies, who’s going to bust you for catching 10 more sunnies. I’m guessing that the sunnies you’re using for bait aren’t the 8-10″ variety but rather the 4-5 inchers? Either way I know it’s illegal, it just seems to be one of those non-enforcable oddities.

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