Another Bluegill Management Device That Took a Live Bluegill

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Comment by JWinpisinger on October 27, 2013 at 12:50pm

It does vary by state. it also varies by the type of water. We have WMA lakes, as well as those that are city owned, State owned, and US gov owned waters (like in a national park). The laws can be the same or different as well as different variations of each law.

 

Comment by Adam Rink on October 24, 2013 at 10:39am

Thanks Ben for bringing that point up. I looked up the law in Ohio. And in Ohio at least, it is legal. Here's the page on the ODNR website: http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Default.aspx?tabid=18644

On the page it states: "Fish caught by legal angling methods (such as bluegills caught by hook and line) may be used for bait."

Comment by Adam Rink on October 24, 2013 at 10:37am

Thanks for bringing that point up Ben, I looked up the law pertaining to this in Ohio. According to the DNR website: http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Default.aspx?tabid=18644

"Fish caught by legal angling methods (such as bluegills caught by hook and line) may be used for bait."

Haven't ever fished out of state, but it is legal in Ohio as long there is no sign prohibiting live bait use of any kind.

Comment by Adam Rink on October 24, 2013 at 10:24am

I've heard that too Ben, and honestly I'm not sure if there's a statewide law in Ohio regarding this on public waters. I've only tried this tactic on private waters anyway, I guess I ought to check up on that in case I want to try it In public waters.

Comment by Ben Seay on October 23, 2013 at 11:42am

Great point, Adam. Be careful though, as I believe in some states (but not all) it is illegal to use any game fish as live bait. I ran into this question about a year ago and apparently if the official state fishing guide says nothing about it, then it is legal. If it is illegal in a state, then the state guide should specifically point it out. I was confused about this law at first because I could not find anything about it that outlaws it here, so I went browsing on some other message boards and finally found some info.

Comment by Adam Rink on October 23, 2013 at 11:17am

Pretty and healthy fish. Some folks might not like it here, but a small live bluegill is hard to beat for bass bait. I've also caught some nice channel cats on a small bluegill.

Comment by Leo Nguyen on October 22, 2013 at 4:23pm

LOL! So, you hooked onto a 5" gill, and caught this 18" or so instead?