Fishing' the A Rig

[alanw]

Hey Jim I remember reading somewhere that bays can be considered inland because they usually have a stream dumping in to them somewhere, making them "brackish". Looks like that info was wrong though since it says upstream from the mouths of the streams. Glad to have it cleared up, fish on!

From the freshwater regs:
1.53. Inland Waters.
Inland waters are all the fresh, brackish and inland saline waters of the state, including lagoons and tidewaters upstream from the
mouths of coastal rivers and streams.

[rhyak]

Even if they were to call the back bays a "inshore" as long as its only the 3 bottom hooks your legal. I fish the bama rig in the lakes often and its legal. Its all on the rigging. Saba is correct tho on that saltwater you can leave as is.. Now if you keep a rockfish or ling or any part of the RCG then your not legal.

I ask is it legal to make bait with a sabiki in the bay?
If so its legal to use a bama rig.

[rhyak]

Originally Posted by alanw

From the freshwater regs:
1.53. Inland Waters.
Inland waters are all the fresh, brackish and inland saline waters of the state, including lagoons and tidewaters upstream from the
mouths of coastal rivers and streams.

Think bay area in regards to this. We do not have the tides to really create brackish water that "freshwater" species can live in. They catch largemouth in there brackish waters. Heck there largemouth bite is tide dependent.