MOsmallies Posted July 3, 2013 Posted July 3, 2013 Let me start by saying I HATE POACHERS!!!!!! I was hoping I'd never see anything like this, but my nightmare became a reality when a friend texted me this picture this morning of a random guy from facebook. Tagged smallie poached on the Courtois with a Hawaiian sling/spear... and I'm assuming all the other dead ones were shot in the same manner. He took the picture down almost as soon as he put it up, but my buddy was smart enough to take a screenshot. I have emailed the pictures to Paul Cieslewicz (MDC Fisheries Biologist / Smallmouth Tagging Study) and supplied him with the individuals name. This literally makes me sick to my stomach. I doubt it will happen, but I hope this @$$hole gets prosecuted to the highest degree. Please feel free to send this to any agents or contacts you may know at the MDC. They need to be hounded with this issue. We're naive if we think this isn't happening more.
moguy1973 Posted July 3, 2013 Posted July 3, 2013 Sad... He looks pretty proud to have done that too... Isn't it illegal to have an underwater spear on un-impounded waters? -- JimIf people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. -- Doug Larson
Guest Brian B. Posted July 3, 2013 Posted July 3, 2013 He needs his skull crushed. "Look whaaadd I do... I so prouuu... " Snap goes the neck..
Mitch f Posted July 3, 2013 Posted July 3, 2013 Not surprised at all "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor
Gavin Posted July 3, 2013 Posted July 3, 2013 Good on you Paul! Hope that jackwagon gets his privileges yanked for a couple years.
Flysmallie Posted July 3, 2013 Posted July 3, 2013 No only does he look proud it looks like he's pretty good at it too. That must have come from years of practice. He doesn't need to lose his privileges for a couple of years, he needs to lose them for life. And pay a hefty fine.
Greasy B Posted July 3, 2013 Posted July 3, 2013 It's enough to make my blood boil. I'm afraid I would be disappointed at whatever fine this moron gets. His father touches the Claw in spite of Kevin's warnings and breaks two legs just as a thunderstorm tears the house apart. Kevin runs away with the Claw. He becomes captain of the Greasy Bastard, a small ship carrying rubber goods between England and Burma. Michael Palin, Terry Jones, 1974
Mitch f Posted July 3, 2013 Posted July 3, 2013 Come on now guys.....it was a Heron "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor
Guest Brian B. Posted July 3, 2013 Posted July 3, 2013 How do I complain- someone post a # and a name for the CPO for that body of water. (Please)
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