Members troutgal Posted March 15, 2007 Members Posted March 15, 2007 Dad and I were down on Tuesday and I saw something incredible. I was walking along the bank headed toward the handicap access at the beginning of the park. I was headed downstream, coming around from the cable bridge. As I looked into the shallow water just above the falls I saw a 14-16" Brown in the water near the bank under the big tree that bends out over the water. As I got a little closer I could see there were actually 2 browns, about the same size(actually abot 10 &11" each). Then I noticed they were on a stringer tied to the root of the tree! No one was fishing anywhere near there, so I walked to the people fishing the handicap hole and asked if they knew who it belonged to...they didn't know. I let my dad know what I had found, and we decided to wait around for a couple of minutes to see if anyone came up to them, and sure enough, about 3 minutes later a guy we'd walked past 20 minutes earlier all the way down at the log crossing came up and looked around, then picked up the stringer and put another fish on it! He was behaving in a very suspicious manner. I was going to walk over to him and mention how much was wrong with what he had done, but he shot away from that stringer so fast I couldn't get to him in time. I decided that since he was being so "sneaky" I should just let someone else tell him. I walked up to the MDC Hatchery office and explained the situation to the agent. He immediately got in his truck and drove up the hiil and watched for about 15 minutes with binoculars before the man returned. The man obviously saw the agent, because he started to collect his stringer, then suddenly put it back in the water and walked away. A few minutes later I saw the agent drive off, and the man then slowly went back to his stringer, picked it up and headed for the parking lot. AHH! but the agent must have been watching still, because he suddenly appeared just before the man got to his car. Don't know the outcome, but I just have to say that I hate to see that kind of thing! If nothing else, maybe it will keep that guy from trying to pull a stunt like that next time!
Kicknbass Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 Good job reporting the violator. " Too many hobbies to work" - "Must work to eat and play"
Members jrbhc8 Posted March 15, 2007 Members Posted March 15, 2007 People are alwyas breaking the rules down at Maramec. I'm glad that the agents are starting to do something about it. I can't tell you how many times I've seen peole power baiting in the trophy water just outside the park, catching fish left and right and keeping them. A friend and I have reported it a couple of times, but I don't think nothing was ever done. jrbhc8 www.troutchapters.com jrbhc8 ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ | <°)))>< | <°)))>< | | ¿ >°)))><
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted March 15, 2007 Root Admin Posted March 15, 2007 You did the right thing, and a good thing... thanks!
WebFreeman Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 Probably good you got the agent as well. The guy gets a ticket and you're not at risk. I vote for ticket over guilty conscience any day. “Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” — Henry David Thoreau Visit my web site @ webfreeman.com for information on freelance web design.
Danoinark Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 Way to go troutgal. Good job. Dano Glass Has Class "from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks"
Terry Beeson Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 A big "pat on the back"... We've all "bent" the regs a bit, I'm sure... But I'm just not very tolerant of BLATANT acts like that. GOOD JOB! TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
shawncat Posted March 16, 2007 Posted March 16, 2007 Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't 15" browns legal in Missouri?It may be 20" in Taney?And NO I was at work!!!!
Rusty Posted March 16, 2007 Posted March 16, 2007 Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't 16" browns legal in Missouri?It may be 20" in Taney?And NO I was at work!!!!
bikehikefish Posted March 16, 2007 Posted March 16, 2007 15" legal? It depends on where you are. Here are the regs: http://mdc.mo.gov/fish/sport/trout/permits_regs.htm
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