shad shad shad

[treedude363]

nothing here

[BUB]

Originally Posted by treedude363

Friday jigging for herring cought 4 shad in a row biggest was 24 inches oh and all released unharmed

I recommend deleting this post. Trout troopers are using the internet more frequently these days. It's actually illegal to even take them out of the water. You can't even take a picture of one you caught while it's still in the water.

[itsmedick]

Originally Posted by BUB

I recommend deleting this post. Trout troopers are using the internet more frequently these days. It's actually illegal to even take them out of the water. You can't even take a picture of one you caught while it's still in the water.

im not saying you are wrong but i couldnt find any dec regulations saying they had to stay in water. just that they have to be released unharmed. please post these regs if you can find them.

[BUB]

I'm just going by what I've been told by them in person. If you're taking a picture, you're not releasing it "immediately". Basically, they cant distinguish if you're targeting them intentionally or if it's bycatch. Not trying to be a douche, just giving a heads up to avoid possible problems.

If anything, call your local officer to verify. Better safe than sorry.

[Ship of Fools]

From Tidal Hudson River Regulations

"Fishery closed. Targeting American Shad is prohibited"

From General Regulations

Endangered and Threatened Fish
It is illegal to fish for, or possess fish that are officially listed by DEC as endangered or threatened:

Endangered: silver chub, bluebreast darter, deepwater sculpin, gilt darter, pugnose shiner, round whitefish, shortnose sturgeon, Atlantic sturgeon and spoonhead sculpin.
Threatened: eastern sand darter, lake chubsucker, lake sturgeon, longear sunfish, mooneye, gravel chub, banded sunfish, longhead darter, swamp darter, spotted darter and mud sunfish.
Any unintentionally caught threatened or endangered fish species must be unhooked and released immediately. They may not be handled for any purpose other than removing the hook and placing them back into the water.


So i would interpret that as pics are ok.

Clear as mud?

[treedude363]

thanks guys

[Doc Z]

I would interpret that to mean pics are NOT OK......that is handling them for a purpose other than release. I know someone who got ticketed before march 15 for holding up a striper on shore out of season.

[BUB]

Bingo

[Ship of Fools]

Originally Posted by Doc Z

I would interpret that to mean pics are NOT OK......that is handling them for a purpose other than release. I know someone who got ticketed before march 15 for holding up a striper on shore out of season.

Shad are not on the list of threatened or endangered.

I'm not arguing by any means i just threw the DEC info on here as part of the discussion.