Now my question comes in on when does a fish leave your possession? Once it’s cooked or processed? Is canning a process? It’s not cooked but it’s been through a process to prepare it for eating. I personally like to egg wash, bread and then freeze my fish so they are nearly ready to eat.
I assume you can transport uncooked canned fish? If so can I transport my frozen “processed” breaded fish? Thoughts?
Also based off of the stories I’ve heard from guys spearing they get a limit of pike for themselves and a limit for his wife and then he cans them. He basically did this every winter and had 100’s of jars of pike. I assume this is also legal?
Not trying to start an argument, but this was the original post. I don’t recall a definitive answer being posted, if I missed it I apologize.
In Minnesota, a fish in your possession is a fish in your possession.
It doesn’t matter if it’s raw, frozen, canned, pickled.
That guy you know is breaking the law, and is a total game hog (poacher….cough cough)
What the hell is he going to do with quote “100’s of cans of fish”????
You know damn well he isn’t eating a jar of fish every day of the year….. It’s a waste of a resource, not to mention illegal in Minnesota.
Other states laws differ. For example Michigan. “Processed fish” don’t count towards your daily limit. Wisconsin allows 2X the limit (in most circumstances). North Dakota (if I remember right) is unlimited for residents.
You could have 20,000 jars of fish in the basement…..but again…..are you really going to use it????
I can’t even imagine how much fish my immediate family could have and still be legal, but I just keep what we will eat.
With a family of four; family fishing licenses in Minnesota/Wisconsin, single licenses in Ontario, Michigan, and sometimes North and South Dakota, we could have 10 chest freezers and a basement full of canned fish……
But we don’t…..and we don’t NEED to. Yet some people “think” they do…..???? I don’t get it…..
