Why not Bass? Rather have the walleye myself.

 

Here's the story. They should hang these A -Holes.

http://www.cleveland.com/sports/index.ssf/2010/05/six_fishermen_plead_guilty_for.html

 

I wondered why they didn't bust them sooner myself..

 

I wondered why they didn't bust them sooner myself..

Bigger fine=MORE money. That's why!

 

1 over or that many, why let them kill so many fish? What a shame. to build a better case by killing more.

 

I agree why watch them for days of plus legal limits after the second round tatoo there ass . they broke the law lets not let the state make a few extra dollars at the sportsman exspense . dont get me wrong get all the money u can out of the jacks but hey why let these guys break the law plus kill off fish thats some day might bring a smile to your son or daughter or better yet a trophy fish for your dad or grandapa

 

fatkid, don't trust that guy, they were from tenn and ga., not ky LOL

 

I have seen this before in Louisiana. I was once in a small town in a bar room and there were some Federal Wildlife agents and they were going to bust some good ole local boys fore illegally shooting white geese there in the rice fields. They were allowed to shoot several hundred between 4 hunters over 2 days and then brag about them before it was exposed and shown on video. I guess that is the mentality of the DNR weather it be the local, state or federal but that is what they do in order to build a case to bring to a judge.

 

Hey bender thanks . I now learned this information from a sorce i would trust my beer with

 

Throw the BOOK at them, Max., fines in order.

Banned for life in Ohio,
5 yrs. in their home state,
MAX $$ fine,
All gear confiscated, boats etc.,

Make a example for everyone, about poaching.

I hate Rat Ba$tard$ that do that.

Nik,

 

Unfortunately I don't know anyone I would trust my beer with LOL

 

150 fish sounds like a lot but in the greater scheme of things it might be a small price to pay to make an example of the d-bags. If they only got busted with one overbagged personal limit it would be harder for the prosecutor to hit them with the full weight of the law. I am glad to see that they got busted. It will be awesome if they loose their boats. I HATE poachers!

 

I hope they punish them to the fullest extent of the law. These poachers are stealing from all us. Who nows how many years they where making these kind of trips and taking this many fish. I wonder what their poaching history is like in their home state? These d-bags probably consider themselves sportsman. Way to go ODNR - give them the boot.

 

thank God they left our sheephead alone.......I hope they throw the book at them.Did they not know they were fishing the walleye capital of the world?must have been too dumb to catch fish with teeth

 

If you think in terms of how many fish these slobs likely got away with already, and what they may have stolen from us Ohioans in the future, 150 bass is nothing. Add in how many others the news of this bust will deter and we are talking small potatoes in comparison.

The ODOW enforcement is no different than any other law enforcement agency in the respect that they like to build an open and shut case before they make a move. Why invest all the time and money then make a move before they are 100% sure their case is air tight? We don't know how many trips back and forth these ******** took before the law enforcement folks who were watching them figured out what they were doing with all the fish. Hard to prove they are overbagging if you don't have solid evidence.

I am always amused at how quick people are to criticize DNR law enforcement.....and bilologists for that matter.....long before they know any details about the dilema at hand.

 

Throw the BOOK at them, Max., fines in order.

Banned for life in Ohio,
5 yrs. in their home state,
MAX $$ fine,
All gear confiscated, boats etc.,

Make a example for everyone, about poaching.

I hate Rat Ba$tard$ that do that.

Nik,

I agree 100% Nikster

 

50 bucks a fish over limit ODNR was jus watching and counting adding up all the $$$. those boys should be banned from ever being a body of water for the rest of their lives. sad thing is when they caught a walleye they would throw it bac an keep the smallies. kudos to the DNR for layin the hammer on em.

 

How many years have they been coming here? What if they came for the last 10 years. I doubt this was there first year. Ban them for life, max for everything

 

obviously the DNR is sending a message this year. I see them alot more this year and I have been out fishing less. they are definitely making an example of these guys $7500 fine all there gear,3 bass boats, some sort of freezers, and they are banned from getting a license in a bunch of states for 3 years...its 150 fish which is so sad but to nail them like they did

 

The good news is they had enough evidence to makevthem plead guilty. Yea it sucks that they killed all those bass but there is a good side to the story. They will get the book thrown at them and an example made of them. If they busted them with Just a few fish it would have been a pay your $80 a fish and slap on the rear.

 

Last year I had the pleasure of visiting Port Clinton traffic court. They also hear and rule on fish poachers in that court. You can only imagine the fish stories. Long to short, unlike in years past the judge is now handing out very, very strict penalties for the poachers. <If you're in PC on a blow day, visiting traffic court as an 'observer' will definitely entertain you well>

Another example is the old railroad bridge over Sandusky Bay "used" to be a prime time snaggers paradise. It's a huge lake and I can only imagine the scope the poachers utilize for their illegal bounty, but I applaud all the agencies for their diligence and the courts for the maximum fines . May the word get out !!

GR

 

its all a money game, they should ban all fishing for bass like ontario but that would not allow hotels, gas station and bait shops from making money...its always about the mighty buck..

 

this is truly a stupid crook story...why poach fish that taste like crap, when there's tasty walleye and perch in the lake???

 

its all a money game, they should ban all fishing for bass like ontario but that would not allow hotels, gas station and bait shops from making money...its always about the mighty buck..

Yeah Ontario closes the bass season to save a few bass but they let gill netters take millions of eyes out of the lake. The netters also kill more smallmouth by mistake than we kill on purpose. The gill netters call non-target fish (smallmouth etc.) tht they kill in their nets, by-product. Ohio bans all commercial fishing for eyes and gives all of it's quota to sport fishermen. Yeah, I'd hold up Ontario as great conservationists.
So what if it is somewhat about money here, in Ontario it is all about money.

 

Throw the BOOK at them, Max., fines in order.

Banned for life in Ohio,
5 yrs. in their home state,
MAX $$ fine,
All gear confiscated, boats etc.,

Make a example for everyone, about poaching.

I hate Rat Ba$tard$ that do that.

Nik,

Also 100% agreed. They are SCUM. No punishment would be to severe