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Big Kat

Dat's a big kitty.

GLAD I DIDN'T CATCH IT.
PA

i did not think it was legal to use bream as bait.......

You aren't supposed to use gold fish either but chech 90% of the trott lines on the Flint River and you will find them! Ha

pops wrote:i did not think it was legal to use bream as bait.......

Bream are legal as long as they are used in the same lake they are caught in.

I think you can use them as long as they were caught by hook and line.

Bream can be used, but there are limits
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Use of Fish for Bait

Black bass, peacock bass or any part thereof may not be used as bait.

Live goldfish or carp may not be used as bait.

Whole pickerel or bream (e.g., bluegill, redear sunfish, redbreast sunfish, spotted sunfish, flier, warmouth) or parts thereof may be used as bait for sportfishing by he angler who caught them.

Whole pickerel or bream or parts thereof may not be used as bait for trotlines or bush hooks or any method other than by rod and reel or pole and line.

I think in Georgia you can catch them by any method, but you can only use them as bait in the pond/lake they were caught in. I've always wondered, how in the world can you tell what lake they came from.

MudDucker wrote:how in the world can you tell what lake they came from.

MD,
Bream may have small mouths, but they cain't keep secrets, especially those females. You would either have to kill em' or take your chances I reckon.

HA HA!