Bag Limits

[Phoenix]

Ice Fishing Bear's thread about lines made me think of another comparison I'm curious about. In Maine kids under sixteen can fish without a license and get their own bag limit. So, if an adult goes fishing with two kids they can set a total of fifteen tipups and get three limits. How is this handled in your area?

I fish in Quebec in the summer and there an adult can take a child fishing and the child doesn't need a license, but the bag limit is restricted to what the adult's would be only.

[Polar]

Here in NY state kids can fish without a license and can also take their own limit.  It's a per person daily limit whether or not you actually need the license based on age.

Person's under the age of 16 no license needed.

[iceintheveins]

In Colorado you don't have to have a license till your 16, but you can only take half of a regular bag limit if you don't.

Tyler

[icebigboy]

you were right about Quebec but if your child can sign  is name on is license he can take is own bag.whatever is age.it allows you to put more jig pole and tip-up also.

[Thriller]

MB has the individual bag limits...i.e. if I take the kids, we can take home more fish...generally don't though...on Saturday I took home a trout that had taken a jig deep...first fish I kept since last December...not that I don't like fish myself.

Similar Pennsylvania, an adult who holds a rod with a hook attached is considered to have intent to fish and can be fined without a license...that's how my wife got started last year - I had her get a conservation license so she could help me out with the kids...one day one of the boys said he'd had enough and handed my wife the line...she had a couple nibbles that day and was hooked.

Barbless only here too....

[Skiff]

Kids under 16 and seniors over 65 don't need/ or have to pay for licenses here in Manitoba.  My mom at 90 still likes to get out, and although she has to carry a license, it was free.  She was issued a conservation license, which means she must take 2 fewer fish on any limit than a regular license.  (Unfortunately, at that age, she's only a warm-weather fisher.)

Full Limits on a regular license:
Walleye - 6
Pike - 6
Perch - 25, except for Lakes Winnipeg and Manitoba - unlimited
Goldeye - 10 - gamefish, but may be used as cut bait for catfish

[elkman]

Here in Wyoming kids under 16 dont need a license and have their own bag limit.Non-resident kids under 16 dont need a license but must fish with a licensed adult and their bag limit is applied to the adults license.I take all 3 of my kids fishing all the time but release most fish caught.Keep a couple for a meal and put the rest back to fight another day.    Elkman