04-15-2003, 03:19 PM
As far as fishing goes compared to hunting in terms of legal punishment, it is less severe.
You will get cited and fined. I have not heard of a person going to jail on a fishing-related charges alone.
I can imagine that getting thrown in jail would happen if the person flagrantly and willfully violates the law, and the officer catches them on the spot in the act.
People who illegally stocks fish usually is on the look-out for the conservation officers and other witnesses. They are a sly bunch.
I have a very good idea of how people do it. People who load their live-wells from another lake, and transport the boat to another lake. Dumps it out and there it goes!
I propose DWR check all live wells at all boat ramps. Might stem the tide of illegally introducing fish.
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You will get cited and fined. I have not heard of a person going to jail on a fishing-related charges alone.
I can imagine that getting thrown in jail would happen if the person flagrantly and willfully violates the law, and the officer catches them on the spot in the act.
People who illegally stocks fish usually is on the look-out for the conservation officers and other witnesses. They are a sly bunch.
I have a very good idea of how people do it. People who load their live-wells from another lake, and transport the boat to another lake. Dumps it out and there it goes!
I propose DWR check all live wells at all boat ramps. Might stem the tide of illegally introducing fish.
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