Limit Question and Breakfast

I’ve looked through the regs, but can’t find an answer, hope this isn’t too dumb of a question. So if you’re staying in a sleeper and catch let say some perch and you have cajun perch and eggs for breakfast (yum!), do the ones you eat go toward your limit? I assume they do, but how to enforce? Thanks, CZ.

I know in WI you are required to keep the remains in a container that they do not freeze together in so a CO can verify the fish and type towards your limit.

If they want to check tell them they are in the outhouse

yes, thet do count as your daily limit. they can tell because you are supposed to keep the carcas and such. that being said im sure I have had some Sauger suprise for breakfast on LOW and managed to get home with a limit of Sauger.

The way I read it – If you keep them on a Saturday and eat them Sunday morning …..you can still keep fish on Sunday to round out that limit. I am sure the wrong CO may have a different opinion on that, though. Once eaten, you are free to go take more fish – but you can have no more than your limit in your possession at once – and you can take no more than your limit in any given day. As long as you took those fish prior to midnight, “legally” you should be fine. Your mileage may vary….

It is no different than having a limit of walleyes in your freezer and cooking them up one evening for dinner. Once eaten, you are free to go out and take more fish up to your limit.

Tim

Thanks guys, that makes sense. May I be challenged by this potential situation next week on the Pond! Yeah, I know, darn pessimistic optimist in me.

DNR REGS• While on waterbodies, a person who is in possession of dressed fish or fish fillets that are being prepared or have been used in a meal must retain the fish carcasses of the dressed fish for inspection. The fish carcasses from dressed fish with size limits must be retained with head, dorsal fin, and tail intact and maintained in such a way that the carcass may be examined, measured, and counted. While on these waterbodies, the carcasses will be counted and included in a persons daily possession limit.

I think once you eat them if you run to shore and toss them in the trash your ok?? I could be wrong but I think once a fish is consumed and the remains are in the trash you should be good. I hope so anyway

I see the reg that they will be counted towards your daily limit – what a pain in the rear. I agree with the last post – run, dump, refill…..

Tim

If you are in the process of cooking them or eating them (while getting checked), or if they find evidence that you ate fish on the lake, you need to show them the intact carcus. If you bring the remnants to shore grab your dirty paper plates, thrown out grease/batter, etc too!

And you can not chuck the remnants down the hole. A buddy of mine had the CO drop a camera down to check for fish guts.

Yet another reason that I would not volunteer any info and never invite a warden into my shelter. It is to the point that they are hounding you searching for any little technicality that they can possibly find to write a ticket.

I think you should just stay under the limit and you’ll be fine. Not worth the fine to say you had fish in a fish house. Bring filet mignon instead. Wisconsin has a daily bag and a possession limit. I would still not want to explain that to a warden. We have a guy from MN joining us on our annual Red Wing trip. We are planning on eating his fish so he can catch a limit both days.