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Sunday, May 19, 2013
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It was timely research that led to the downfall
to the owner of this net. I had been rowing in my 18 foot dory. It was
slow going but that’s what made it so deadly to this illegal netter.
I had just come around a huge eddy when I saw about 15 illegal netters
scouring waters that were not supposed to be fished. Their boats were
big and powerful. Some of them had 90 horsepower twin engines on them
and all of the captains ignored me and my tiny little boat; that is,
until I took out my camera and started snapping off photographs. It
was comical and sad at the same time. All of them started over their
engines bolting out from there faster than cockroaches when lights are
turned on. The owner of this huge net, 1800 feet of it, had so much
net in the water that he felt compelled to abandon this huge section
before authorities could get to him. I fixed that problem with a cell-phone
call, boat descriptions, and many photos of the netting marauders.
Happily I turned over copies of my photos and gave great detail to a
Game Warden, Sheriff, City Police, State Patrolmen, Department of the
Interior, and the Coast Guard (who came of their own accord when they
heard over the radio that there was a major poaching bust).
Technology being what it is we all have weapons to combat those who
make it harder on all of us. We don’t have to take it, none of
us should. Don’t you think life is hard enough without a few jerks
making it difficult for honest anglers?
One of the ironic things about the net, and all others, is that legal
nets have to be registered with the area it’s meant to fish. All
the police had to do in this case was look at the serial numbers on
the buoys and go to his house to wait. It was that simple.
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Poaching Hotlines!
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Report illegal fishing and poaching incidents. The advent of cellular
communication has made it easier than ever to report poachers. Do not
approach poachers and treat them as you would any wild and dangerous
animal and simply report them. The best advice it to report their physical
descriptions of age, height, ethnic background, clothing, location,
type of boat or motor vehicle they’re operating, time of day the
offense took place, and the method of how the poaching was done. This
kind of invaluable information is more than enough to get the authorities
to any given area to start their investigation. Usually, when poachers
learn that any fishing location will have police and game wardens they’ll
avoid it all together.
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