04-10-2014, 08:24 PM
Last year I was checked 4 times in about 3 weeks; all at the same location, by the same warden.
I saw him once so far this year at that same spot, I was curious about his level of thoroughness about checking ID's, so I hiked around to the opposite side from him when I got there. He didn't make the trek around to check my paperwork.
I actually like to see them out checking ID's. There are far too many people who fish without a license around here. And they don't care who knows about it. It kind of irks me that honest people buy the license, read the manual, and follow the regs. While these "other people" don't pay for a license, don't read the regs, and generally double up on their bag limit.
That said, I've never been checked at Mann's Creek; the only time I've seen ANY state officials there, was when they were dredging for bodies.
And (at least in the past) Owyhee River & Res in Oregon usually has a tenacious F&G presence.
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I saw him once so far this year at that same spot, I was curious about his level of thoroughness about checking ID's, so I hiked around to the opposite side from him when I got there. He didn't make the trek around to check my paperwork.
I actually like to see them out checking ID's. There are far too many people who fish without a license around here. And they don't care who knows about it. It kind of irks me that honest people buy the license, read the manual, and follow the regs. While these "other people" don't pay for a license, don't read the regs, and generally double up on their bag limit.
That said, I've never been checked at Mann's Creek; the only time I've seen ANY state officials there, was when they were dredging for bodies.
And (at least in the past) Owyhee River & Res in Oregon usually has a tenacious F&G presence.
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