The incident of the guy getting charged happened in the summer, but I was told about it just recently so i figured due to all the videos out there of people using ice livewells I may as well at least warn people that a fish not put immediately back is considered retained.
I made this post to warn people about ice live wells using an example from the summer, it still works because an ice live well is still a live well. If you put a fish in there, it is considered retained and part of your daily limit.
I highly doubt anyone would ever actually get caught doing this in the winter, because most live wells I see are inside peoples tents and the CO's can't exactly see whats going on in there. Still, its better to be safe then sorry.
I just wanted to save somebody the trouble of a big fine. If you don't think you are ever going to get caught or you interpret the law differently go for it. I'm not going to report anyone for releasing fish from a live well. I'm just saying, be careful!
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