12-22-2005, 01:02 AM
I got into it over this issue with a fish cop one day.
My old man and I had been fishing on one lake that morning and the old man just wanted a limit of trout to eat. so, we got the limit and left.
I wasnt done for the day so I headed back out to another lake to do some catch and release fishing.
A fish cop checked my liscense and asked how the fishing for the day was.
In our conversation I told him I had been fishing that morning and we limited out.
Boy did he go kookoo bananas. He wanted me to leave immediatley.
I contended that I had no fish in my possession beyond my daily limit and had no intention of keeping any more trout for the day. In fact I was fishing for a totally different species at the time. But he felt that since there were also trout in the lake that I was in some sort of violation.
In the end I told the guy to go ahead and give me a ticket for any laws I had broken. apparently I hadnt broken any since he grumbled away without giving me any ticket. I went on my way fishing for bass and had a good time.
Some of those guys are a little on the crazy side but theres some real down to earth guys as well. Its just luck of the draw on who you get. I say if you have a limit of trout and want to walleye fish, anybody who decides to give you crap about it abuses thier authority.
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My old man and I had been fishing on one lake that morning and the old man just wanted a limit of trout to eat. so, we got the limit and left.
I wasnt done for the day so I headed back out to another lake to do some catch and release fishing.
A fish cop checked my liscense and asked how the fishing for the day was.
In our conversation I told him I had been fishing that morning and we limited out.
Boy did he go kookoo bananas. He wanted me to leave immediatley.
I contended that I had no fish in my possession beyond my daily limit and had no intention of keeping any more trout for the day. In fact I was fishing for a totally different species at the time. But he felt that since there were also trout in the lake that I was in some sort of violation.
In the end I told the guy to go ahead and give me a ticket for any laws I had broken. apparently I hadnt broken any since he grumbled away without giving me any ticket. I went on my way fishing for bass and had a good time.
Some of those guys are a little on the crazy side but theres some real down to earth guys as well. Its just luck of the draw on who you get. I say if you have a limit of trout and want to walleye fish, anybody who decides to give you crap about it abuses thier authority.
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