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please read this....what a Wi DNR warden told me today

6/21/26 @ 6:46 PM

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fishs

User since 2/17/04

While perch fishing in Kenosha today ( Lake Mich.) and launching out of Kenosha I asked the LEO (warden) while leaving if I launched in Kenosha and went into Illinois ( 3 miles away) where the perch limit is 15 and caught 15 ( in Ill) and I had an Ill. license would I be ticketed. His answer was yes because the limit in Wisc. L Mich is 5. I can come up with a whole bunch of examples where his answer makes no sense. What do you think?

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6/21/26 @ 7:38 PM

fishs

User since 2/17/04

The burden of proof should be on the warden. That's not what he implied.

6/21/26 @ 7:31 PM

fishs

User since 2/17/04

So I could go to Lake Geneva and catch 25 perch and the warden would say....Perch limit in L MIch is 5. Here's your ticket. We have so many different size and keep limits on our waters his answer leaves me shaking my head.

6/21/26 @ 7:26 PM

arthur1957

User since 6/24/01

Then there is possession limit. What if you drove to Zion, IL and launched and fished IL waters. You keep 15, drive across border. Possession limit in WI is 10 if from Lake Michigan. How could you or they prove where you caught them?

6/21/26 @ 7:06 PM

Fowler2

User since 7/17/09

It would be hard to prove where your fish were caught.
Obviously it would be no issue if both waters shared the same bag limits as you have both state fishing licenses.
I get your point tho.
When I lived on the Mississippi, I could travel WI waters and hunt ducks in MN, legally. As long as I had the appropriate licencing for the state I was hunting in.

6/21/26 @ 7:00 PM

arthur1957

User since 6/24/01

I see your logic and would even say if you have WI lice you should be able to keep 20, 15 IL & 5 WI. How do you prove where you caught them, though?
Same could be true on Mississippi River. Launch north of border, go down stream to IL, limit is 25, WI is 15.

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