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Make the call:

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:52 pm
by BillSmith
New Jersey Conservation Officers Association

On Sunday, February 9th, 2020, CPO Holmes received a call of illegal fishing in the Pequest Trout Conservation Area (TCA). The caller reported two individuals fishing with bait and at least one fish on a stringer. CPO Holmes conducted a foot patrol and found the two males fishing with bait. They claimed they had not yet caught anything, but CPO Holmes found a red stringer tied to a tree root, with six trout attached to it. CPO Hausamann arrived as CPO Holmes was walking the two men out to their vehicles and another fisherman exited the river that was using bait. It was later determined that he had come with the other two men and had hidden his fish in their vehicle. Summonses were issued for fishing without a license, possession of trout without a trout stamp, possession of undersized trout in a seasonal TCA, and possession of over the daily limit of trout in a seasonal TCA.

Re: Make the call:

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 9:26 pm
by Troutman
They needed to string those idiots on a stringer :!:

Re: Make the call:

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 10:24 pm
by coaltrout
lol. not hard to believe poachers picking special reg areas over open stretches.

crazy how poor of a decision that was, must have been real lazy to get caught like that.

Re: Make the call:

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 9:06 am
by Fishybig
More than likely they've gotten away with it before...being caught once waz probably a small price to pay for the offenders....who knows..glad they were caught

Re: Make the call:

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 5:10 pm
by StinkyWetFly
Fishybig wrote:
Wed Mar 18, 2020 9:06 am
More than likely they've gotten away with it before...being caught once waz probably a small price to pay for the offenders....who knows..glad they were caught
I was there that day and saw it happen. I recognized the guys from the previous week.
Was it me who called? Maybe :o

Re: Make the call:

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 6:43 pm
by Jaybird
StinkyWetFly wrote:
Wed Mar 18, 2020 5:10 pm
Fishybig wrote:
Wed Mar 18, 2020 9:06 am
More than likely they've gotten away with it before...being caught once waz probably a small price to pay for the offenders....who knows..glad they were caught
I was there that day and saw it happen. I recognized the guys from the previous week.
Was it me who called? Maybe :o
If it was you Thanks.

Re: Make the call:

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 7:41 pm
by Troutman
StinkyWetFly wrote:
Wed Mar 18, 2020 5:10 pm
Fishybig wrote:
Wed Mar 18, 2020 9:06 am
More than likely they've gotten away with it before...being caught once waz probably a small price to pay for the offenders....who knows..glad they were caught
I was there that day and saw it happen. I recognized the guys from the previous week.
Was it me who called? Maybe :o
I would have called if I seen them ;) . why should they be exempt from the rules......

Re: Make the call:

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 10:32 am
by Twism86
Did anyone confront them first? I would have a hard time not calling them on their BS and cutting their stringer.