An almost perfect day!

[JigMe]

An almost perfect day!

I was fishing on my local lake yesterday, and it produced decently in the morning. I stopped fishing around 11:00am to get lunch, and came back right after. There is a cove right by a bridge I have fished at, and I have always caught at least a fish per outing. Since the fishing was pretty slow in the afternoon, so I decided to give that a try. After an hour, I wasn't having any luck, spinnerbait, worms, cranks, and nothing works.  A moment later, I saw someone holding a surfing rod heading my way. Hmm, what is he fishing for, I am wondering? He camped not far from me, and opened up his minnow bucket. At that time, I though he was going for crappies. Oh was I wrong, he jigged a gold fish weightless. It is not those 20 cents gold fish you can buy from the pet store; it is something you would see in a fish tank. So, he casted it off and OMG! A moment later, he caught a 4-5lber.

He must have at least 2 dozens of those gold fish in there, and I was having fun watching him. Our state got a limit of 5 bass over 12 inches per day, but he must have kept at least 10 fish. I tried to talk some sense into this guy, but hey he doesn't listen and kept on fishing. Probably after another hour or so, he walked away with more than 15 decent size bass in a cooler.

Here goes my favorite spot!  And few friends said, using gold fish is not even legal here. I hope that axxhole stop messing with folk's fishing spots.

:'(

[Thai]

using goldfish is not legal at all I dont think, the poblem is that they are not native and if one falls off the hook an survives, you've just introduced a nuisance species which is a a felony I believe

and you should have called your local game dept and made a complaint along with a description.

[JigMe]

Yeah, I think I would do that.

Plus those gold fishes are going for at least 3-4 dollars each, so he must have spent close to 100 dollars just to buy gold fishes. 

[Grey Wolf]

Please call the game warden next time.

[J Francho]

Do you have a cell phone?  Just put the Maryland DNR number in you speed dial list.  I think this is their hotline: 1-877-224-7229.  You may want to call and double check.

[J Francho]

Check that, here is a list of numbers from their site: http://www.dbm.state.md.us/phonebook/OfficeSub.asp?OID=1975.

[tyrius.]

He must have at least 2 dozens of those gold fish in there, and I was having fun watching him. Our state got a limit of 5 bass over 12 inches per day, but he must have kept at least 10 fish. I tried to talk some sense into this guy, but hey he doesn't listen and kept on fishing. Probably after another hour or so, he walked away with more than 15 decent size bass in a cooler.

As others have said, program the DNR hotline in your cell phone and call them immediately.

[JigMe]

Thank You guys, I have called it in and saved that number.