So I called the dnr!

[Oregon Native]

Well Done.....

[AlTheFisherman313]

18 hours ago, Oregon Native said:

Well Done.....

Thank you, I hope no one in here took this as a tooting my own horn. I came home from fishing when the bite was on MAD! I wanted to share this with other anglers, because I never never seen such pure greed with keeping fish. Like I said if the size limit is 14 inches and you keep a 13 and 3/4 I’m not gonna make a post about you on bassresourse, but to poach 32 bass is criminal! 

 

What bothers me the most is one of those bass could have grown up to be a state record. We will never know now! 

 

In my opinion the only way to stop this is to actually make poaching penalties harsher. A fine is a slap on the wrist, especially if the poacher has any form of wealth. I may be out of line, but I’d like to see jail time or at least community service or probation. See how the guy likes being drug tested or alcohol tested for 6 months. 

[NHBull]

You did the right thing and even a loss of license is unlikely to stop most.

That said, when I was younger a saw a similar sight with trout.  The limit was 8, he had around 15.  My uncle later told me, the guy needed to feed his family and not to judge.  

I doubt this was the case here, but the pic did bring back memories.

[AlTheFisherman313]

19 hours ago, NHBull said:

You did the right thing and even a loss of license is unlikely to stop most.

That said, when I was younger a saw a similar sight with trout.  The limit was 8, he had around 15.  My uncle later told me, the guy needed to feed his family and not to judge.  

I doubt this was the case here, but the pic did bring back memories.

Feeding your family is one thing, but this guy would need to sell his boat first for me to believe that, as well as get rid of the 40-50k truck he had pulling it!

[cyclops2]

The same logic I use for when I catch a legal limit for senior on a barely livable income.  They thank me every time.

 

Then there is Bruno. He catches every fish he & sells it to restaurants locally. Retired & a dinky boat & motor. Found a floating gas tank. Filled it . Had problems................ Yes I got him runnibg again.  He & a group of religious farmers keep everything caught.

 

I know they need the fish.  I do not count or measure their fish in the 5 gallon pails. 
 

The waters are so polluted that the N Y state says. Eat 1 per month MAXIMUM or NONE.

I do not have The backbone to tell them tey are causing cancers in their children.

 

[elbaito]

Thanks for doing what you did and for sharing this outrageous behavior.

[Turkey sandwich]

You did the right thing and shouldn't think twice about doing it again if you find yourself in that position.  Poachers give outdoorsmen a terrible name.  

[AlTheFisherman313]

I have called the DNR for less believe me. Many anglers understand to keep the water clean, take legal fish, and are Fully licensed. Many of us understand the reasons there are limits on fishing, and why they change year to year. Unfortunately, many (pick you favorite derogatory term)”fisherman” are the total opposite. I mean if you get a birds nest don’t throw it in the water, if you can retrieve a lure do it, use appropriate test for the species you are fishing for, don’t keep crazy limits and undersized fish.

 

I hate seeing guys using the whole ultra light tackle set ups, while it might be fun to fight a fish for 5-10 minutes, it’s not fun for the fish, and with pike and many other species they can die on the line. Quick catch, quick release, unless it’s a walleye. Than I eat it. Part of the reason I prefer catch and release is I’m very particular with what species I eat, and I figure the ones I throw back might balance out pigs like this guy. 

 

It seriously looked like a bass genocide. I hope I never see that angler again, or behavior like it. I actually went as far to email the picture to myself and delete it off my phone. It makes me mad to see the picture still and I’m not even kidding. I just don’t understand why someone would wanna kill that many fish in one day. If you take your 5 bag home good for you! It’s your right, however unless I plan on eating it I’m not keeping it.