Very interesting... Will someone clarify

[sparky101]

So browsing thru the G&P handbook i noticed something interesting. Under panfish it lists: all sunfish hybrids, bluegill, and black crappie. White crappie is listed under sportfish. I would take this to mean that there is no bag/possesion limit on white crappie since it also states, "gamefish and nongamefish species not listed" is a " no limit" bag and possesion.

White crappie is not listed seperately like walleye and bass etc. are.

Would i be correct on this?

[snowgoose100]

Better look again. Its under BOTH sportfish and Panfish.I missed it also when I just looked the 1st time.

[MA Machine]

Here's what I see.

Sport Fish
• all sunfish hybrids
• American eel
• black crappie
• blue catfish
• bluegill
• brook trout
• brown trout
• burbot
• channel catfish
• chinook salmon
• cutthroat trout
• flathead catfish
• goldeye
• grass pickerel
• green sunfish
• largemouth bass
• muskellunge
• northern pike
• orangespotted sunfish
• paddlefish
• pumpkinseed
• rainbow trout
• redear sunfish
• rock bass
• sauger
• saugeye
• shovelnose sturgeon
• skipjack herring
• smallmouth bass
• spotted bass
• striped bass
• striped bass hybrid
(wiper)
• tiger muskellunge
• walleye
• white bass
• white crappie


Panfish
• all sunfish hybrids
• black crappie
• bluegill
• green sunfish
• orangespotted sunfish
• pumpkinseed
• redear sunfish
• rock bass
• white crappie
• yellow perch

So Pan fish limit would apply.

[FishinForEyes]

I went through your list and found it to be under both sportfish and panfish. The very last entry under sportfish is white crappie.

[sparky101]

Duh I see it now! I have the pdf on my phone and I was reading the categorys wrong. Once I looked at the spacing between bulletpoints I made the connection. I thought I was on to something. Not like I would ever go out and keep 60 white crappie. I just thought it was an interesting thing I found, or thought I found.