Does someone need a fishing license to catch bait on the beach? Sandfleas (rake)or ghost shrimp (slurping) no rod involved
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Does someone need a fishing license to catch bait on the beach? Sandfleas (rake)or ghost shrimp (slurping) no rod involved
Darn good question, I'm working on this!
I currently have the pier only license (that is all I usually fish), once in awhile when staying a month in the fall I would get the full saltwater when might be out flounder gigging, but that hasn't happened for a couple years now
Thanks Carl!!
Hey Ironman , you ever do any gigging this time of year? Where should I focus?
As stated only in the fall on our month trips, along the beach infront of the condo.....bays would be better you could sometimes always find a not windy shoreline depending on wind direction...heavy.ripples or waves is your enemy seeing
Well? Still working on it?......thanks for your time and trouble sure would hate to get a ticketQuote:
Originally Posted by CarlF
From the Man:
Recreationally, these are legal, No license required. Our saltwater fishing license cover the equipment used and the possession of fish, these two methods and species are not mentioned.
We have no regulations that cover rakes or slurp-guns, so they are legal to use. We also do not regulate sand fleas or ghost shrimp, per se.
We do regulate shrimp, HOWEVER, we do make allowances for someone to catch a few for personal bait use.
On another note, there would need to be some commercial license involved if they wanted to sell the bait.
Appreciate it Carl.....not selling, might give a few if ever catching enough
Someone needs to explain that to the guy gathering 200-300 ghost shrimp a day from the beach just west of the GSPPier...Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlF
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That picture / sign says pumps for sale...??
Call it in to the GS MRD Office next time you see him.
I met him in the parking lot.
He told he me had 260 ghost shrimp to sell to guides and bait shops and averages 300-400 a day.
And asked if I wanted to buy any...
That sounds like a commercial venture to me. LOL
When the state gets a whiff of that it's just a matter of time before gathering ghost shrimp is as regulated as anything else.
For years now anglers in Texas, and California have been limited to 50 per day.
The Gulf islands National Seashore had to do the same a couple of decades ago with commercial sandflea rapers (I mean rakers ;-)