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It wouldn't be my first impression that this is ripe for poaching........yet just a difference in state laws which gets confusing.
If you are a Jersey resident that holds a Penn permit and you are fishing in Penn you have to follow Penn rules. You get your 2 fish, go home to Jersey and now a criminal! They are going by Possession, but you followed the law.
The problem is even here in Mass. When and where does the fishing trip end......If you and I go fishing and keep one 30" fish each fishing with me on the south shore. And you have neighbors that really want a fillet so I say take my 2 . Now you get stopped when 4 fillets driving back to the North Shore, busted. But I gave you mine, again when does the fishing trip end. No one seems to be able to answer that. It should end at the dock or boat ramp.
This is an issue on ground fishing trips for haddock this time of year when people at the dock give some of their filets to the other guys in the parking lot. Now one guy may have 40 filets (20) fish vice 15. The law wants to lock you up, but you're not a criminal. It really gets frustrating.
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