North Dakota Game and Fish 
Audio News Release – June 11, 2008
Part 1: Fishing Reminders	

As our summer fishing heats up, here's a few reminders for anglers to heed. 

Hi, this is Doug Leier with your weekly North Dakota Game and Fish Department Outdoors
Report.

North Dakota anglers are reminded there is a proper way to package fish.

Transporting packaged fish must be done so that the number of fish in each package is easily
determined. In the past, they had to be packaged individually, with two fillets counting as
one fish.

This regulation makes it simpler for the angler to pack and transport fish, and at the same
time, still allows wardens to identify and count fish. You can now include more than one
fish per pack as long as the warden can count the fillets.

In other words, fillets can't be frozen in a clump.

A regulation relating to giving away fish has also caused some confusion in the past.
Anglers may give away fish to another person, but these fish do count against the donor's
daily limit.

Fish given to another, including packaged fillets, must include the name of the donating
angler, fishing license number, telephone number, date, and number and species of each fish.
The person receiving the gifted fish does not need a fishing license.

Possession limit is the maximum number of each legally taken fish that a person may have in
possession during a single fishing trip of more than one day.  

The daily limit is a limit of fish taken or received from midnight to midnight.

There is no limit to the number of fish kept in a freezer at home because there is no
storage limit at a personal residence. However, at no time can an angler have more than a
possession limit when away from their permanent residence.  This includes when
transporting fish.

A complete list of fishing regulations is available on the Game and Fish Department website,
gf.nd.gov; or in the 2008-2010 North Dakota Fishing Guide.

That's this week's North Dakota Game and Fish Department Outdoors Report. I'm biologist Doug
Leier.