Members lonestarone Posted January 19, 2014 Members Posted January 19, 2014 Oh one last thing, he used 10 inch nets, he never caught the first game fish! His son is a bio medical engineer with degrees from here to hell, all paid for by caviar or paddle fish eggs!
Lancer09 Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 has anyone here ever ate fish eggs? Yes. It's actually pretty good.
Feathers and Fins Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 has anyone here ever ate fish eggs? Eggs Row tomatoe tomato.... But I got some popcorn out right now just waiting. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beaver-Lake-Arkansas-Fishing-Report/745541178798856
fishinwrench Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 I'm among the few that believe this "infraction" was grossly over punished AND over publicized/hyped. IMO the dept. spends way too much money on freakin' spoonbill propagation, and you can't convince me that their motive for the spending is "for sporting and plankton control" while ignoring the market for caviar. BULL$#!T ! I for one would prefer they s#itcan their bigtime spoonbill project and spread that insane allocation of money back to where it belongs. Either that or give back to the lakes &streams.... a cut of the take.
abkeenan Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 I'm among the few that believe this "infraction" was grossly over punished AND over publicized/hyped. IMO the dept. spends way too much money on freakin' spoonbill propagation, and you can't convince me that their motive for the spending is "for sporting and plankton control" while ignoring the market for caviar. BULL$#!T ! I for one would prefer they s#itcan their bigtime spoonbill project and spread that insane allocation of money back to where it belongs. Either that or give back to the lakes &streams.... a cut of the take. I dunno about that. While maybe DNR/MDC need to find a new way to harvest this resource that best serves both the wildlife and the sportsman the guy still broke the darn law. Just because you don't like a law and think it shouldn't pertain to you because you don't like it doesn't make it right. The law/regulation was in place...this guy full well knowingly broke it. End of story.
fishinwrench Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 I'm not saying that what he did was right. But a standard charge of taking wildlife illegally/out of season could have been the extent of the punishment. Assuming that he wasn't a repeat offender.
abkeenan Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 I'm not saying that what he did was right. But a standard charge of taking wildlife illegally/out of season could have been the extent of the punishment. Assuming that he wasn't a repeat offender. I think the deal with this case is the transporting of illegal goods across state lines (federal offense) and also the amount of money that was involved. If someone was transporting dead squirrel carcasses illegally to another state for $10 bucks a head I don't think they would have put up so much of a stink about it. In this case tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars was involved which always makes for bigger story and involves steeper penalties. Plus when government/Uncle Same doesn't get a piece of the money pie.....we all know how that goes.
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted January 20, 2014 Root Admin Posted January 20, 2014 MO needs to do what OK does... build a cleaning station, process the fish for the anglers then sell the roe and make the state thousands of dollars. They have one at Twin Bridges at the head of Grand Lake.
fishinwrench Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 I'm sure they are literally wading in spoonbill roe at the MDC hatchery, and if none of it is making it's way into the marketplace I'd be really surprised.
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