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04-28-2011, 02:05 PM
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Formerly the_shocker
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: ricca
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local pond shadyness
so walking past a pond with my kids today, heading towards some soccer fields. my son notices 3 guys fishing and freaks when he sees them catching sunfish. after convincing him we were going to buy some rods this afternoon, the guys start putting the sunfish in plastic bags. at least 6 or 8 of them over the course of 30 minutes.
what do you do here? EP phone call or walk away?
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04-28-2011, 02:06 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Holyoke, Ma
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Its illegal to keep sunfish?
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04-28-2011, 02:20 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Dedham MA
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Sunfish are like pigeons - they're everywhere and they reproduce like rabbits. Whatever was going on, I wouldn't worry about it. In fact, they naturally crowd ponds, which stunts the growth of all of them, so for good fishing the best thing you could do would be to clear out 3/4 of all sunfish in every pond and grind them into fertilizer. The rest would have a chance to grow bigger.
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04-28-2011, 02:21 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 101
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..with freshwater licenses most likely leagal
...........probably a 10-to-30 or unlimited bag limit.....probably gona fry 'em up  |
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04-28-2011, 02:26 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Warwick RI,02889
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no limit
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ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE !!!
MIKE
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04-28-2011, 02:33 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
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Liveline them or they are using them for food for a big Oscar
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04-28-2011, 02:56 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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remember
they are called PAN fish
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04-28-2011, 03:05 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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04-28-2011, 03:58 PM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
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as a kid, we'd catch em, smash em with our shoe, tie twine on the them and toss them back out. In 15 mins we'd be battling huge snapping turtles and dragging em up on shore.
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04-28-2011, 04:49 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Sturbridge MA
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No size or bag limit. They are about the best tasting fish in freshwater next to perch and walleye.
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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04-28-2011, 04:52 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
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Cat food |
Surfcasting Full Throttle
Don't judge me Monkey 
Recreational Surfcaster 99.9% C&R
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04-28-2011, 05:17 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
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I use them as bait for bass and pick's
When I mention that it's legal to do this (in MA), most people have that "really?" look on their faces.
I wonder how many anglers actually read the Abstracts?
I would concerned more if they were fishing for more than sunfish!
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04-28-2011, 05:34 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Burrillville,RI
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m-80 wrapped with worms and an egg sinker is how we use to fish for then as kids.
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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04-28-2011, 05:35 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Burrillville,RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike P
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starting a new bait revolution..Trying it tommorrow
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04-29-2011, 05:03 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Some people like to eat them...nothing wrong with keeping them.
You need a solid dozen to get a meal though...not a lot of meat on them.
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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04-29-2011, 07:25 AM
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xxx
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Playin' in the Dark
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nothing shady about it, no size or bag limit on sunfish in MA.
you by the prison?
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"Remember, my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker" - Van Helsing
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04-30-2011, 04:43 PM
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Formerly the_shocker
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: ricca
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Clogston29
nothing shady about it, no size or bag limit on sunfish in MA.
you by the prison?
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yeah, kids love to run on those soccer fields and kick the ball around. i just assumed there are regulations to everything you catch in massachusetts. i'm not well read on freshwater laws. |
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05-01-2011, 10:20 AM
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Hardcore Equipment Tester
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Abington, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
Some people like to eat them...nothing wrong with keeping them.
You need a solid dozen to get a meal though...not a lot of meat on them.
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When I was a kid we caught like 30 of them and had a big fish fry, delish... |
Bent Rods and Screaming Reels!
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05-01-2011, 12:34 PM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
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sunfish taste like chicken ... People are starving
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Belcher Goonfoock (retired)
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05-01-2011, 02:36 PM
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zziplex lover
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: upper cape cod, MA
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Because someone keeps some fish you assume it's Illegal......??  |
Lobster Troll #1
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05-01-2011, 03:53 PM
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xxx
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Playin' in the Dark
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Let me know next time your up there and ill meet up with you.2 minutes from my house.
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05-01-2011, 06:20 PM
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Formerly the_shocker
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Location: ricca
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Quote:
Originally Posted by robc22
Because someone keeps some fish you assume it's Illegal......?? |
yup. my first reaction to most things is negative, then if i think about it long enough it changes to positive. |
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05-01-2011, 07:46 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: N.K.
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As a kid I used to catch sunnies chop them up and let them sit on the bottom for big cats and sometimes big snapping turtles.Never ate one.
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05-02-2011, 10:34 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
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I use small sunnies as bait, like a shiner.
I figure that since they are the normal forage for big predators, why not utilize that to my advantage?
They stay alive on the hook longer than shiners, and can be readily available in the pond I am fishing!
I've had my "sunny-bait" jump out of the water, followed closely by a 2.5-3 lb bass. I once watched as 3 juvenile bass circled my sunny just like the cartoon sharks (circling the bait in unison) until the one that wanted it most "took the prize"!
The best part is that you don't even need bait to catch the sunnies, just a shiny hook or a hook tipped with anything that LOOKS like bait.
As I have said before: "It never ceases to amaze me , the number of people that never read the fishing abstracts to know what is or isn't legal!"
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