07-02-2013, 04:30 PM
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It was, and is, against the law to fish at the Lee Kay Center. The lack of signs doesn't change the law.[/quote]
That's all well and good, but the above quote was from the newspaper, and I would assume the DWR itself. Otherwise, I would assume they would be vigorously pursuing charges against the dufus that caught out the fish. If the DWR never bothered to officially identify Lee Kay as a fish rearing facility through on site signage or especially legal code or regulation, then a defense attorney would be able to get charges thrown out of court in a New York minute.
Again, just an egregious error by the DWR any way you look at it.
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Quote:As it turns out the fishing was probably not illegal because there were no signs around the ponds explaining that it was a state fish hatchery and because there are no state regulations on true muskie because they only exist at Lee Kay.
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Quote:R657-13-19. Season Dates and Bag and Possession Limits.
(1) All waters of state fish rearing and spawning facilities are closed to fishing.
It was, and is, against the law to fish at the Lee Kay Center. The lack of signs doesn't change the law.[/quote]
That's all well and good, but the above quote was from the newspaper, and I would assume the DWR itself. Otherwise, I would assume they would be vigorously pursuing charges against the dufus that caught out the fish. If the DWR never bothered to officially identify Lee Kay as a fish rearing facility through on site signage or especially legal code or regulation, then a defense attorney would be able to get charges thrown out of court in a New York minute.
Again, just an egregious error by the DWR any way you look at it.
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