snagging carp, legal?

[BIGINNER]

is it legal to snag carp?  i know you can bowfish for them, and spear them,   but what about snagging them?

[vandeman17]

Last I remember it was illegal to snag any fish but I can't say for sure anymore. I haven't checked in years...

[BIGINNER]

just found this in the regs,.... 

*censored*  i wanted to go snag some carp!!   

It is unlawful to possess a fish taken from
freshwater that was not hooked inside the
mouth or on the head. The head is defined
as any portion forward of the rear margin of
the gill plate.

[carpsniperg2]

Yep not legal, shoot them with a bow or spear them, but don't snag them

[BIGINNER]

Yep not legal, shoot them with a bow or spear them, but don't snag them

    why is something so fun ellegal? 

[let.it.fly]

the regs say that, but i was in pot holes a couple years back and we were fishin for emm on some little canal type deal, a fish and game officer came up and was talkin to us. he gave my buddies son a couple big trebble hooks and said as long as he left them on the bank to die that he could snag emm. funny to see a little kid runnin up and down the canal with one on his trout rod, even funnier when he and dad had notices while chasin emm the had picked up literally hundreds of ticks. in the case of carp overwhelming a body of water i dont think fish and game cares. but that being said the law is the law.

[BIGINNER]

ya, i had a warden tell me its fine before too, since carp aren't clasified as game fish,..  but the part i quoted earlier says "fish" not game fish,   but it funny cuz you don't get the carp by the mouth when spear fishing.  lol  maybe i can snag car by the head? 

[75johndeere]

It says possess a fish rthats snaged it doesn't say you can't do it

[BIGINNER]

It says possess a fish rthats snaged it doesn't say you can't do it

true.  i never posess carp.  i throw them away right away 

[kckrawler]

It says possess a fish rthats snaged it doesn't say you can't do it

Hmm...is a stinky old carp really worth the hassle of being harassed by a gamie who read that rule differently than you???

Spearing them sounds fun though 

[BIGINNER]

It says possess a fish rthats snaged it doesn't say you can't do it

Hmm...is a stinky old carp really worth the hassle of being harassed by a gamie who read that rule differently than you???

Spearing them sounds fun though 

i go carp spearing alot.  and its a blast.  really work out your throwing arm. 

[GEARHEAD]

YOUTUBE  Banks lake, if ya wanna see some serious carp snaggers right at the guard rails. cant believe these dorks put out like 4 videos.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Thats fun .... fight like heck ....

[Button Nubbs]

So would bow fishing be legal inside city limits that have shooting ordinances?

[carpsniperg2]

I would think so, not 100% sure but it not like shooting a gun Good question for bigtex.

[Button Nubbs]

Good idea carp, these a little pond by my house that's full of them, right by a big intersection. I know I'd get some looks...

[carpsniperg2]

  Have at them! well if it's legal. I think you would be o.k. but who knows. I get the cops called on me all the time  Makes me laugh when people pull over and start screaming that they are calling the cops have had cops show up and just laugh. People take my picture and get me on camera and say they have evidence Some people just crack me up!

[BOWHUNTER45]

Have at them! well if it's legal. I think you would be o.k. but who knows. I get the cops called on me all the time  Makes me laugh when people pull over and start screaming that they are calling the cops have had cops show up and just laugh. People take my picture and get me on camera and say they have evidence Some people just crack me up!

we just love those people !!!

[LndShrk]

So would bow fishing be legal inside city limits that have shooting ordinances?

Most city ordinances include Bow and Arrow in the no shooting ordinances. I know ours even includes BB guns.. 
But you would have to read the verbage of the ordinances to see how they classify "Firearms"