I see. I don't encourage that practice at all.
In MN, when we gift a wild game, we have to give them our license numbers also. If the DNR guys and gals question how our recipients got a hold of the games, they can then track the givers down.
Me neither but consider this circumstances.
The weekend is here. You have a party to host. Og who don't eat meat will be there. In Cali, 2 stripers over 18in is regulation and because only 2 per angler, it then becomes a scares commodity in the community and smoked striper is a cultural dish in the Vietnamese community.
What to do when you can't catch them and have the craving?
Barter n buying underground and what not. No such rule that I heard of in my country. Cultural implications seem stronger and while it is illegal, it is the smaller of the legality.