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[bluesquids]

Originally Posted by Donfish

I could be wrong and flame away if I am but as we are paid and have a float plan posted on a public board we should be able to keep 1 seabass per day fished in posession per angler. Multiday permits should not be required as we will only be on the water for parts of each of the days.The receipts from ferry passage and camping should suffice as legitimate fishing proof over the course of the trip.I won't be dragging 3 seabass home with me. I know alot can be left for interpetation but if my vessel has 1 wsb per angler when checked and I'm on a multiday camping trip the limit becomes 3 days of limits in posession for the duration of the trip as per dfg regs....please correct me if I am wrong.

One thing the DFG referred me to was section 1:17 page 22
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/pdfs/oceanfish2008.pdf
One daily limit in possession weather frozen, preserved yadda yadda.
He flat out said only one daily limit at ANY time. And that technically goes all the way to your freezer. When the limit goes to 3 then you can legally have three in the freezer.
He said you don't want to be showing up at the dock with 3 WSB in your cooler from a 3 day camping trip. And a multiday permit does not jive if you are setting foot on land between days.
What I did not question was how a multiday permit DOES seem to contradict the possession rule. Unless it just overides it completely.
Here's the contact persons info I got after emailing DFG central.

Edgar W. Roberts III
Associate Marine Biologist
Recreational Fishery Data Project
California Department of Fish and Game
619 Second Street
Eureka, CA 95501
707.441.5757 Office
707.445.7883 Fax
707.599.5318 Cell
eroberts@dfg.ca.gov

Visit the Marine Region's Web Site at:
www.dfg.ca.gov/marine

[tylerdurden]

I've heard 3rd hand lots of stories of people getting limits of lobsters 2 nights in a row, and the warden follows them home and checks their freezer at home to see if they still had any of the previous nights catch which would put them over. Never actually heard a concrete or reliable version. They can do the same with wsb.

Originally Posted by bluesquids

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And a multiday permit does not jive if you are setting foot on land between days.
What I did not question was how a multiday permit DOES seem to contradict the possession rule. Unless it just overides it completely...

Thanks for the info. I wish they would write the regs in a form of english that is more understandable, and leaves less discrepancies. I was worried about the going ashore part, as I knew that might negate the trip truely being considered multi day. Although we are not going ashore on the mainland, but on an Island that is >5 miles out. This rule seems stacked against kayakers, but it sounds like guys could take a private boat to the island for a few days and be fine.

I know some of the DFG rules are interpeted differently by different wardens. This might be one of them.

The good news is wsb are very easy to give away, everyone wants a piece.

[bluesquids]

Originally Posted by tylerdurden

Although we are not going ashore on the mainland, but on an Island that is >5 miles out.

I specifically asked about the "mainland'' terminology.
Still, it was no dice with them.

I know some of the DFG rules are interpeted differently by different wardens. This might be one of them.

I totally agree.
I was under the impression that this Ed guy has a hand in the writing of the regs.
As, I was directed to him after asking for specific interpretations.
I think the field guys can be squishy sometimes.