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08-17-2006, 07:33 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Lincoln, RI
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You can fillet to your heart's content in RI.
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Best regards,
Roger
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08-17-2006, 09:32 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,159
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322 CMR 6.07(7)(e):
"7) Prohibitions. It shall be unlawful for:
e) a recreational fisherman to mutilate any striped bass in such a way as to interfere with or affect a proper and adequate measurement of the fish; such mutilation shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section;"
My take on it is, if you had fillets over 28" long and 3" thick, there are EPOs who'd accept that as evidence that the fish was legal, and there are EPOs who would write you up.
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08-17-2006, 12:31 PM
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Ruled only by the tide
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Truro
Posts: 801
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fillets on the beach
This is going to sound like a stupid question, but I am curious. So what happens if you catch a legal fish, take it home, fillet it. Then the next day you're back on the beach and want to grill your legally caught and filleted fish? Is it illegal to have striper fillets on the beach?
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Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.
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08-17-2006, 12:47 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sea Isle CIty+North NJ
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Originally Posted by Sweetwater
This is going to sound like a stupid question, but I am curious. So what happens if you catch a legal fish, take it home, fillet it. Then the next day you're back on the beach and want to grill your legally caught and filleted fish? Is it illegal to have striper fillets on the beach?
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Why wuld you grill your fish on the beach the next day though? |
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08-17-2006, 01:47 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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Originally Posted by newbie14
Why wuld you grill your fish on the beach the next day though?
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maybe because you want some lunch
I have done that before. How is anyone going to determine the fish was not from a market either?
The whole purpose of the law is to keep poachers from keeping shorts. Boaters seem to have an advantage that surf guys don't have, they can clean their catch back at the dock if they want to, then do whatever with the fillets. I don't know about some of you guys but I find it a big pain in the butt when I keep a fish as I do not live close to the water and I toss the remains in the trash, and trash day is Friday so if I keep a fish over the weekend, the rack sits all week long 
I would like to think that most EPO's would not bust your nuts about it if you are honest and don't appear to be trying to hide something like a poacher would do.but some of the younger guys might give you crap anyway. |
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08-17-2006, 02:40 PM
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Ruled only by the tide
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Truro
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Originally Posted by newbie14
Why wuld you grill your fish on the beach the next day though?
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Sometimes I may spend 3 or 4 days in a row fishing the beaches, only leaving to get some sleep in my truck. So I may have fish caught the previous day, taken off beach, and filleted. I keep a grill in my truck and a nice grilled bass in roasted pepper sauce or tangy mango is just what a man needs when the fishing is slow  |
Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.
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08-17-2006, 02:50 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sea Isle CIty+North NJ
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Oh wow, now thats a camp out. I am spoiled enough to have the house a block away from the water..
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08-17-2006, 03:06 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Cape Cod
Posts: 210
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Originally Posted by Sweetwater
Sometimes I may spend 3 or 4 days in a row fishing the beaches, only leaving to get some sleep in my truck. So I may have fish caught the previous day, taken off beach, and filleted. I keep a grill in my truck and a nice grilled bass in roasted pepper sauce or tangy mango is just what a man needs when the fishing is slow |
man i would love to see the epo that ever comes across you doing that! not saying its illegal or anything, but those guys get woodys everytime they think they've bagged someone. i can see the drool dripping off his lips! hahaha  |
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