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Year round here in TN also. If they ever change it il be moving. 

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5 hours ago, Bruce424 said:

See I think that's kinda dumb. They should at least let ya fish ice out but don't keep anything. In Pa the only regulations we have pretty much is for stock trout. We need trout stamp on our license to fish for bass in trout waters. Haha makes sense. i can't KEEP a bass til June but I can still fish for them whenever.

So you can't fish for bass till mid season?? I kinda feel bad for you. Never will you catch a prespawn giant.

unless i'm reading it wrong then that's correct 

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On January 18, 2016 at 10:06 AM, Scarborough817 said:

i wish they would do that up here i think they only reason they do it is so people aren't keeping spawning fish 

Most states allow fishing although the "seasons" they impose have to do with the ability to keep fish. 

On January 19, 2016 at 8:02 PM, James Frise said:

No seasons where I fish. Besides it always 75+ degrees year around here so ice wont be a problem. 

75+ huh??? Lol

13 hours ago, WRB said:

California our fishing is year around, license from Jan 1st to Dec 31st.

Tom

In NC, your license is good for a year, starting the day you buy it.  We went away from the calendar year.  I like that.  Just got an email reminder from them that my license will expire in a few weeks.  Renewed online.  Painless.

9 hours ago, Scarborough817 said:

 

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Hmmm... I bet there is a lot of "Rock Bass fishing" during the closed LMB season.  ;)

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30 minutes ago, herbu said:

Hmmm... I bet there is a lot of "Rock Bass fishing" during the closed LMB season.  ;)

indeed there are good thinking friend just can't really throw 6" swimbaits :lol:

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In Wisconsin, we have seasonal regulations. Fishing season opens the first full weekend in May for gamefish (bass, northern, walleye, etc). However for bass, the state is split into a northern and southern zone Doesn't make a lot of sense when you look at the map). Up until a year or two ago the southern zone you could keep both largemouth and smallmouth from the fishing season opener. In the northern zone you had to wait until a date set in June. Now they changed it to where you can catch and keep largemouth in both zones from the beginning of the season opener, but smallmouth are still c&r only until a chosen date in June. It gets hairy at times since the lake I live on is split in two; part in the northern zone and part in the southern zone. Fishing season runs into the following year and is open the first Sunday in March. If you fish on the Mississippi River though the season is open all year.  

For panfish and rough fish there is a year round season.

Muskie season is split depending on zone. Northern zone is from Saturday nearest Memorial day to November 30th. Southern zone is from first Saturday in May through December 31st. 

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No season here in Kentucky, just this time of year a little hard to find water not frozen.

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