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#1 Guest_mshi_*
Posted 08 December 2006 - 10:10 AM
#2 Guest_edbihary_*
Posted 08 December 2006 - 05:03 PM
Sunfish can be used for bait, and they are a game fish. I don't know how a PFBC officer would split that hair if you took a sunfish with a net and he stumbled upon the scene. I would take my fishing rod with me.
#3 Guest_nativeplanter_*
Posted 08 December 2006 - 05:09 PM
You are allowed to take bait fish (minnows, darters, catfish, etc.) using a net no bigger than 4' x 4', or a round net no bigger than 4' in diameter. Check the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission web page for more detailed information. Also, check the links to the regs that I posted elsewhere on this forum. If your homemade net is within these dimensions, I would think that you are fine legally.
Sunfish can be used for bait, and they are a game fish. I don't know how a PFBC officer would split that hair if you took a sunfish with a net and he stumbled upon the scene. I would take my fishing rod with me.
I don't know about PA, but here in GA sunfish can be used as bait BUT must always be caught by hook-and-line. When we go catfishing (we use them as cut bait), we go to the shallows at the local lake with an ulralight and tiny hooks, and sort of flip little bluegills onto the bank. (I'm quite a bit more careful if I plan to put it in a tank...)
#6 Guest_edbihary_*
Posted 27 January 2007 - 11:39 PM
Check your state regs, it may be required by law, not just good advice. It's required here in Pennsylvania, if you leave it unattended.I tie up bait traps(you can get them at walmart) with bread(cought loads of shinners and sunnies with it)
you dont even need to be there
note tie it up with fishing line and put a tag with your name and phone number on it.
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