Keeping sunfish in NH in an aquarium
#1 Guest_denoferth_*
Posted 28 June 2010 - 05:40 PM
#2 Guest_bumpylemon_*
Posted 28 June 2010 - 05:49 PM
The New Hampshire F&G regs seem to require all fresh water fish to be either released alive or killed before leaving any NH stream, lake or pond. Seems to apply to every species except baitfish. Can this br true?
you have to find the loop. its possible....but see here in MA pumpkinseeds and perch are considered bait fish. ill get back to you with a def answer for NH
Edited by bumpylemon, 28 June 2010 - 05:51 PM.
#3 Guest_bumpylemon_*
Posted 28 June 2010 - 05:54 PM
"Importation of fish or their eggs, including bait fish, is prohibited
without a special permit."
Josh you may not like that little law.
#4 Guest_bumpylemon_*
Posted 28 June 2010 - 05:58 PM
Only the following species shall be possessed and used as live fish for bait when fishing any freshwaters of the state:
Common name (Scientific name)
Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax)
Longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataractae)
Blacknose dace (Rhinichthys atratulus)
Northern redbelly dace (Phoxinus eos)
Lake chub (Couesius plumbeus)
Creek chub (Semotilius atromaculatus)
Fallfish (Semotilius corporalis)
Golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas)
Common shiner (Luxilus cornutus)
Emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides)
Spottail shiner (Notropis hudsonius)
Silvery minnow (Hybognathus nuchalis)
Creek chubsucker (Erimyzon oblongus)
Longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus)
White sucker (Catostomus commersoni)
Killifish/tomcod (Fundulus sp.)
so it says that only those fish can be POSSESSED and USED for live bait....well it doesnt say what you can POSSESS and NOT use for bait. so sure if you are going to use live bait you have to use the listed above....but what if you arent using it as bait? yeah i am stretching it out but if there is no law that says "you cant have fish in your home" then you have to improvise. if it doesnt say it...its not the law. im sure some people wont agree on here but i bet you alot of members do it that way.
#5 Guest_denoferth_*
Posted 28 June 2010 - 07:16 PM
#6 Guest_denoferth_*
Posted 28 June 2010 - 07:26 PM
#7 Guest_denoferth_*
Posted 28 June 2010 - 07:28 PM
#8 Guest_fundulus_*
Posted 28 June 2010 - 07:29 PM
#9 Guest_bumpylemon_*
Posted 28 June 2010 - 07:43 PM
True enough but I still have to harvest them, (unless someone on this list raises them). With my luck I will be accosted by some warden who will interpret the letter of the law and hit me with a $500 fine. I would prefer to do the harvesting myself but do I have a feeler in with a commercial breeder in NY. They haven't gotten back to me yet and I still don't know if they will ship across state lines.
but still the law states...
"Importation of fish or their eggs, including bait fish, is prohibited
without a special permit."
so whats worse breaking that law or interpreting the other law?
i must say i love redbreast sunfish. mine now its freeze dried krill after about a month in the tank. along with live minnows and earthworms.
#10 Guest_denoferth_*
Posted 28 June 2010 - 08:17 PM
#11 Guest_FirstChAoS_*
Posted 28 June 2010 - 11:19 PM
The New Hampshire F&G regs seem to require all fresh water fish to be either released alive or killed before leaving any NH stream, lake or pond. Seems to apply to every species except baitfish. Can this br true?
Sadly it is technically true. However i have been carrying live fish I caught home in a bucket since i was a kid, long before i started keeping them, and never had it brought up to me by game officers before.
Then again I only ran across game wardens while rod and reel fishing four or five times total in NH. I never seen one while netting, but I assume use of nets is unusual enough that it will make them curious about it.
#12 Guest_denoferth_*
Posted 28 June 2010 - 11:52 PM
#13 Guest_Doosharm_*
Posted 02 January 2011 - 11:47 PM
#14 Guest_FirstChAoS_*
Posted 03 January 2011 - 03:01 AM
However, knowing that there is at least a legal method to obtain game fish you shouldn't have to worry about possessing them no matter how you came about them. Just don't get caught taking any away from a body of water or you'll be in trouble.
I fished all my life, lugging home fish in buckets for that time. Though not technically legal i never met a Game Warden who cared. As long as I had legal sizes and limits they never complained.
As for no natives being sold here, how come they haven't raided every petco and petsmart in the state for selling fatheads? I also bought a jade sleeper at a local pet store and seen mosquito fish and gar in others. Pet Store people panic if you ask if you can buy a sunfish, but otherwise Fish and Game never seemed to care on this either. NH pet stores sell some native species and they just don't seem to care.
I know it's not right to break the law over this, but... well... I have yet to meet an officer who cared one way or the other on this issue.
#15 Guest_Doosharm_*
Posted 03 January 2011 - 02:34 PM
As for no natives being sold here, how come they haven't raided every petco and petsmart in the state for selling fatheads? I also bought a jade sleeper at a local pet store and seen mosquito fish and gar in others. Pet Store people panic if you ask if you can buy a sunfish, but otherwise Fish and Game never seemed to care on this either. NH pet stores sell some native species and they just don't seem to care.
I know it's not right to break the law over this, but... well... I have yet to meet an officer who cared one way or the other on this issue.
When I speak of native fish here I'm specifically refering to fish indigenous to New Hampshire. You are allowed to import native US fish which are not indigenous to NH so that is why you'll see gars and mosquito fish here.
And while I have taken fish home in a bucket before as well, I would certainly not condone it. Not because I think its wrong but because the power that Fish and Game has is pretty extensive and the fines and penalties can be severe, especially if you don't have a fishing license. But, like I said in my previous post I had to go through several people before I found a person who could even answer my questions so my guess is that most game wardens don't have a clue what the laws are one way of the other in regard to keeping wild fish.
#16 Guest_denoferth_*
Posted 04 January 2011 - 12:02 AM
#17 Guest_Mike_*
Posted 04 January 2011 - 10:57 AM
I'm spoiled I guess because in Indiana you are allowed to keep fish for the aquarium as long as they are leagle (limit, size, not threatoned or endangered) and you can import fish for aquarium use as long as they are not of a restricted species. You just can't release anything into the wild, as it should be.
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