Rosy Red Minnows As Bait??

[Rare_Cichlids]

can anyone please direct me to a website where i can find out for sure if using them as bait is illegal in MASS??


thanks

 

[Rare_Cichlids]

does this mean that they are legal???

(a) "Bait Fish" are defined as only the following species: American eel, banded killifish, bluntnose minnow, creek chubsucker, emerald shiner, fallfish, fathead minnow, golden shiner, mummichog, pumpkinseed, rainbow smelt (subject to restrictions; see below), spottail shiner, white sucker, and yellow perch. A person shall not use as bait any fish, alive or dead, including parts thereof, except those 15 fish listed in this paragraph. Herring may be used as bait in the Connecticut River, Merrimack River, or other coastal rivers and streams, in accordance with the regulations of The Division of Marine Fisheries, but may not be possessed or used as bait in other rivers and streams, or in lakes, ponds, or reservoirs.

 

[phantoms]

rosie reds are fatheads. so legal

 

[2004exrider]

Still not the right thing to do, like said above aquarium fish can have diseases that they can introduce to other fish.

Jimmy

 

[ceeej31]

and do not release any exta minnows

 

[ewurm]

It's not illegal, just don't use the ones from the pet store.

 

[meepster]

I'm from MA. Rosy red fall under fatheads and therefore may be used as bait, but please don't use them as bait even after quarrantining because you can introduce aquarium diseases into the wild.

 

[phantoms]

he can use them as bait if the rosies were bought at a bait store. bait stores here sell rosies

 

[meepster]

he can use them as bait if the rosies were bought at a bait store. bait stores here sell rosies

They don't here in MA as far as I know. Bait stores in MA are regulated as to where they get their stock from.