Is This Punishable By Law?

[Wizumz]

Curious as to how DEC would investigate and possibly punish this... is it provable that they were over their limit? Isn't it illegal to give someone else fish while on the water like that?

 

 

These guys have some some horrendous C&R videos.  Overslot bass sitting on the deck, dorsal fin flat, barely moving, and throwing them over the side like its nothing.

 

Edited November 7, 2022 by Wizumz

[Danny1199]

Wow, what scumbags. 

 

No respect for the fish at all. Pure trash. 

[chisler]

Lots of these guys out there

[Richizzzle]

The DEC is a sham organization that exists only to protect a dumb bird that nests on the beach.

 

 

[Wizumz]

10 mins ago, chisler said:

Lots of these guys out there

Is this not equivalent to poaching?

Don't people in FL get charged for acts like this... animal cruelty? Saw a video of a kid throwing a baby alligator into a pond, he got picked up and charged a week later. 
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article262292062.html 

[chisler]

I can't say never, but almost never a boat that I've been on where derelict behavior was outside the accepted norm of business as usual, either by crew/captain or clients.  

[Joe Paranee]

this stuff is rampant and the norm 

 

people need to wake  up to what is really happening 

 

Every time boats see us releasing fish wether it be tuna or bass they approach us and ask why we are letting them go and if they ncan have them 

 

they do not care about size or how many they can keep 

 

stop the harvesting of all bass across the board 

 

 

 

Edited November 7, 2022 by Joe Paranee

[Joe Paranee]

Like i have said here before i grew up on a Marina and living in a house with a jetty in the front yard and what people do when no one thinks people are looking is horrific and appalling 

 

everyone thinks there are so many sportsman out there …..there’s not …….. these guys are even brazen enough to post stuff on social media 

 

 

[Heavy Hooksetter]

8 hours ago, Wizumz said:

Curious as to how DEC would investigate and possibly punish this... is it provable that they were over their limit? Isn't it illegal to give someone else fish while on the water like that?

 

 

These guys have some some horrendous C&R videos.  Overslot bass sitting on the deck, dorsal fin flat, barely moving, and throwing them over the side like its nothing.

(Wow, these guys are without honor and have no respect, imagine how they treat people.)

Wow, these guys are definitely without honor and have no respect for anything, imagine how they treat people.

HH

[Fishtale7]

In NY there are only a few DEC officers to cover the entire Island. The bulk of them are upstate, it's hunting season. Easier to catch poachers in state allotted hunting grounds. Way under funded agency of the state.

[chocodove]

Completely trash people in that video and I’d say it to their face as well. 

[KCoffey]

10 hours ago, Richizzzle said:

The DEC is a sham organization that exists only to protect a dumb bird that nests on the beach.

 

 

Those birds own more expensive shorefront real estate than any of us ever will. 

[drumbum]

I shake my head when I see the beach littered with hardheads, sailcats and pesky sharks.......that makes me want to shake their heads with something semi heavy.

[z-man]

11 hours ago, Wizumz said:

Curious as to how DEC would investigate and possibly punish this... is it provable that they were over their limit? Isn't it illegal to give someone else fish while on the water like that?

 

 

These guys have some some horrendous C&R videos.  Overslot bass sitting on the deck, dorsal fin flat, barely moving, and throwing them over the side like its nothing.

 

Losers. 
Unfortunately fishing seems to attract a lot them. 

Edited November 8, 2022 by z-man

[Skunkoff]

Those "people" are complete trash and THEY should be thrown overboard.  They're boats and gear should be impounded. 

 

That said, anyone asking me for a fish that I catch, I'll tell them to go catch their own.  "What about people who can't afford fishing gear?" - Walmart and Dick's have all sorts of cheap stuff to get out and catch / keep a LEGAL fish.  Screw these a$$holes, they're garbage.