Indian Point Wildlife Violators - Stringer of Short Smallmouth

[fozzype]

Probably shouldn't discuss sting operations  on Internet prior to the operation....I guess it is following Obama's military  strategy

[vernon]

2 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Sounds like they had an exceptional day.  The odds of them repeating that performance anytime soon is slim. 

Man, I dunno.  I've seen kids fishing the deep stalls at the Kimberling Inn boat docks pull in smallies and K's one after another on nightcrawlers and minnows when I was using artificials and couldn't buy a fish across the street at Harter House.

Hope you're right though.

[176champion]

Game camera

[merc1997 Bo]

18 hours ago, Ben Gillispie said:

For any of you guys who regularly fish from Indian Point Marina, be on the lookout for a silver/grey Scion. It's a little coup. There will be 4-5 or more teenagers and they've been fishing the docks around the marina. I frequent this area due to the many friends I have on D Dock. 

At first, they were just a little annoying, but I figured I was a teenager once, so let them be. They were down last night and again tonight. 

Beyond being a bit loud and teenager-ish, I saw them tonight with a stringer they could hardly lift just full of short smallmouth. Very few things get me going - there are a slew of illegal or frowned upon things I could witness and will almost always look the other way if it isn't affecting me or someones safety, but raping our resource of small-fish, especially smallmouth, is enough to make me call the law. I've fished the marina area for 3 years and haven't kept a single smallmouth and to see that just made me boil, especially knowing they probably had eggs. 

I'm not a whiner and every citizen, if licensed, has the right to catch and keep their share, when beyond the trophy limit. This was simply not the case!

Indian Point Police got there late, but I am sure they'll be back tomorrow. They boasted that they had caught 25 the last two nights, and they didn't have less than 15 shorts on a stringer. Drives me insane. I'm going to sting operation the punks tomorrow evening. If you're taking out and see the vehicle and a gang of teenagers, do us all a favor and call the law on them. I'll be down there waiting after 5. 

Rant over. Other than this ruining my night, fishing has been good. 

just get the tag number of the car.  best place to start.

bo