03-06-2015, 06:16 PM
I must just be lucky (or is it unlucky) because I have had my fishing license checked at least 20 times in the last few years. I have had it checked numerous times on Strawberry (several times while I was fishing from my boat and even more times while ice fishing). Checked while ice fishing at Bear Lake. Checked at Huntington Reservoir and I was even checked at Red Creek Lake, when the officer had to walk way out on the ice and we were the only ones fishing up there at the time. In a couple instances the primary purpose of them checking seemed to be to make sure I was only fishing with one rod (this was before two rods were allowed) but in all of the others the primary purpose seemed to be to make sure that I had a valid fishing license. In all of the cases (except for one) I didn't mind and was glad that they were checking. In the one instance the officer tried to accuse me of spotting him on the hillside before he wandered over and that I had reeled up an extra rod (which I had not done).
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