Cajun1977 Posted May 24, 2008 Posted May 24, 2008 heres the thing if he is illegal turn him in, if hes within his rights mind your own business.....if i was fishing and someone confronts me for keeping legal bass or whatever im just gonna pop you one,plain and simple...............the funny part is you said everyone is saying how the numbers have gone down but yet he seems to be doing pretty well fishing there :-/ have a nice day Quote
Super User David P Posted May 24, 2008 Super User Posted May 24, 2008 The sad truth is, there's really not much you can do. I've witnessed a guy do several things at this point, many of which illegal, and he has not gotten in trouble. From wading in NO wading waters, Snagging fish, keeping a limit of 5 fish then returning later that day to keep ANOTHER 5 fish, to keeping undersized fish. Not to mention, this guy I'm speaking of, FISHES THE SAME PLACE 7 DAYS A WEEK. I've confronted park rangers to basically find out, There's really nothing that can be done. A police officer or DFG person needs to WITNESS himself the guy snagging a fish, or what not. There is never a PO or DFG guy at the place I fish, so it's pretty much a done deal that this guy will never get caught. Quote
nashkcn Posted May 24, 2008 Posted May 24, 2008 15 Fish is alot i would have kept about 2 of the alright sized fish, maybe a pound fish, but if the guys making an income off the fish he catches then he has all the right to do it. Running the fish out of the pond is not right considering the other anglers that fish that pond. Quote
Goonie Posted May 24, 2008 Posted May 24, 2008 I practice catch and release. But what does one do when your catch completely swallows your jig? In order to pull it out you kill the fish? Even if it's under size limit, do you throw it back in the pond and let nature do it's thing or do you take it home? Just something I pondered today while fishing. Quote
Del from philly Posted May 24, 2008 Posted May 24, 2008 Thread started did the right thing 100% always try and talk to these people before turning them in.... many diont even know their braking the law... take it easy, start a conversation before you rat them out....if you dont get through, THEN look to a park ranger... WE NEED TO LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT PEOPLE CAN STILL TALK AMONGST THEMSELVES.... PEOPLE THAT JUST GO AROUND WITH THE COPS ON SPEEDDIAL ARE DAMAGING OUR SOCIETY IN THE LONG RUN ALWAYS GIVE EM A CHANCE FIRST....THIS IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH EVERYTHING NOW ADAYS....PEOPLE CALL THE POLICE BEFORE THEY TRY AND WORK IT OUT! GREAT JOB GETTING THEM FISH BACK IN THE WATER, YOU DID THE RIGHT THING! Quote
TENNESSEE NEWSOME Posted May 24, 2008 Posted May 24, 2008 I agree with several of the others who've said he's probably over his limit. I also keep the authority's # programmed into my phone. Your state probably has a number specifically for poaching/illegal harvest. I don't think you went over the line at all. I personally know people in my family who were just stubborn to admit they're wrong about depleting the resource. After a few butt-kickings (like the one you handed out), they get the picture. Do be careful though. Quote
Mrs. Matstone Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 I had this same thing happen to me last year and I think you did great. ;D This one local pond that I take my kids fishing at had these 2 women that I would see there every week. Now this is not a big pond either. They are there every week with their buckets. > This used to make me so mad. I was speaking to another gentleman who comes to the pond about them one day and he said well they don't speak english very well so perhaps they are not familiar with the rules and regulations. That made me even madder >. I understand having compassion for people but I don't think that ignorance is an excuse. My husband and I were there together one day and they showed up again. I had reached my boiling point. I was going to head over and have a talk with these ladies and try to keep my cool. My husband intercepted and went over and made me stay where I was. He had a talk with them about catch and release. The fact that you needed to have a License, (something they did not have) They were not too willing to listen. Finally husband looked in their bucket to find a bucket full of bass, none of them were of legal size and it was not even bass season yet. So at that point he gave them a choice. Dump the bucket or he would call the fish commission. Well they dumped the bucket. ;D I was practically cheering from the other side of the pond. ;D It would seem all ended well but a few days later I headed out to the local pond again. Started fishing and got a nice fat bass. Then from around the corner came 2 guy with a TOTE full of fish. I was so mad. They asked if I was gonna keep my bass and I said no. They asked if they could have it. I tossed it back in and said no. They were none too happy with me but I did not care. I do know that now when I go to the pond there does not seem to be anywhere near the same amount of panfish and things that there used to be there. I do know that in small ponds and such that you do need to have a selective harvest but I think that this needs to be regulated some how. I have also spoken to the fish commisson about it but they really do not seem interested all all in checking into the situation. What do you do? Bottom line is I think you did very well given the situation you were faced with. Two thumbs up from me.. ;D ;D Quote
jhoffman Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Yeah i tend to agree, ignorance for the law is no excuse. If i went to another country and fished, i would put everything back. Quote
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