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Is live bait legal in saltwater?
« on: September 25, 2009, 05:18:28 PM »
Forgive me if this is a dumb question, I am fairly new to saltwater fishing.  Is live bait legal?  I can find anything about it in the regs. 

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Re: Is live bait legal in saltwater?
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2009, 08:54:57 PM »
I believe it is but what kind of live bait would you be useing?  :dunno:

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Re: Is live bait legal in saltwater?
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2009, 09:57:59 PM »
I believe it is but what kind of live bait would you be useing?  :dunno:

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Re: Is live bait legal in saltwater?
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2009, 10:00:27 PM »
I believe it is but what kind of live bait would you be useing?  :dunno:

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Re: Is live bait legal in saltwater?
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2009, 11:38:59 PM »
I know people use live rockfish for ling cod.So ya..........

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Re: Is live bait legal in saltwater?
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2009, 07:31:09 AM »
I believe it is but what kind of live bait would you be useing?  :dunno:

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Blue shark fishing: young hippie with slight leg wound, just wrap mono around torso leaving treble hooks dangle by feet. Then troll ever so slowly so hippie trashes about in water attracting predators.
:chuckle:  I live in Bellingham so I would have no shortage of bait.

I believe it is but what kind of live bait would you be useing?  :dunno:

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Greenling for lingcod, maybe herring for salmon.

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Re: Is live bait legal in saltwater?
« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2009, 07:09:31 PM »
I know people use live herring for salmon somtimes but i dont really like to... they tend to be really soft and come off easy  :dunno: :twocents:

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Re: Is live bait legal in saltwater?
« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2009, 10:26:34 PM »
It is legal,but only if the bait comes from the water that it is to be used in.No gold fish or other introduced species.

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Re: Is live bait legal in saltwater?
« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2009, 02:17:04 PM »
It is legal,but only if the bait comes from the water that it is to be used in.No gold fish or other introduced species.
I dont think fresh water fish would last long in salt water. :dunno: 

 


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