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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: DoubleJ on July 19, 2012, 08:53:58 PM

Title: i'm crabbing on a dock. when do i have to leave?
Post by: DoubleJ on July 19, 2012, 08:53:58 PM: Can i stay and throw/pull my pot all night or do i have to quit at the end of shooting hours?
Title: Re: i'm crabbing on a dock. when do i have to leave?
Post by: D-Rock425 on July 19, 2012, 08:55:25 PM: You leave when you got yourself a limit.
Title: Re: i'm crabbing on a dock. when do i have to leave?
Post by: h20hunter on July 19, 2012, 08:57:53 PM: I dont know of any hours you cant...open is open?
Title: Re: i'm crabbing on a dock. when do i have to leave?
Post by: wraithen on July 19, 2012, 09:05:15 PM: Unless your dock closes, you have to leave before the season closes for the week. I think thats tuesday.
Title: Re: i'm crabbing on a dock. when do i have to leave?
Post by: Goldeneye on July 19, 2012, 09:32:25 PM: Page 115 of the regs. I'm guessing by definition if you are not in a boat you are legal.

No fisher may set, fish, or pull shellfish gear from a vessel, in Catch Record Card Areas 1-13, from one hour after official sunset to one hour before official sunrise. All shellfish gear must be removed from the water on closed days.
Title: Re: i'm crabbing on a dock. when do i have to leave?
Post by: h20hunter on July 19, 2012, 09:40:24 PM: So you can leave it, just dont pull it.
Title: Re: i'm crabbing on a dock. when do i have to leave?
Post by: Dan-o on July 19, 2012, 09:49:27 PM: And it has to be out Monday before dark so you're not in the water on a closed day or pulling in the dark.
Title: Re: i'm crabbing on a dock. when do i have to leave?
Post by: wraithen on July 19, 2012, 09:53:44 PM: You can pull in the dark from a dock. I do it all the time. Sometimes its a bbq.