cheek skin

[seahawk]

Cheeks are usually over an inch wide. If I throw them in the bag with my fillets with the skin on will that meet the requirement to have a 1 inch patch of skin from the fish? That's what I've been doing so I'm sure it's not right...

[boatnut]

Just lop the head off and de-cheek when you get home...just to be on the safe side

[Deep Freeze]

Originally Posted by boatnut

just lop the head off and de-cheek when you get home...just to be on the safe side

......lol!

[Angler ss]

Nope has to be part of the fillet the whole law was built to keep people from cutting fillets into pcs so you couldn't tell how many they had. If you could use the cheek skin they would just leave out a few cheeks and keep a couple extra fillets. I think it is a dumb law but laws are laws I guess.

[ErieRider]

Originally Posted by Angler ss

Nope has to be part of the fillet the whole law was built to keep people from cutting fillets into pcs so you couldn't tell how many they had. If you could use the cheek skin they would just leave out a few cheeks and keep a couple extra fillets. I think it is a dumb law but laws are laws I guess.

I agree with the law being silly as it makes for a very messy, slimy situation when you peel the skin off at a later time but again it is the law. My question is why can't the filet just be left whole??? I think it would be pretty easy to identify whole, even without the skin.