Spotted/Kentucky Food Fish

[Quillback]

9 hours ago, vernon said:

C'mon MO, it's been a while for sure but don't act like you don't remember one of the best hitting outfielders in baseball history!  

Speaking of Chicago and wild fish sales, there's a book out there, Game Wars,  author Marc Reisner (you can find it on Amazon).  Basically it is about undercover US fish and game agents going after poachers.  One of the operations they conducted was on Louisiana poachers that were netting crappie and selling them in Chicago.  Chicago seems to be a good market for freshwater game fish for some reason. 

[Johnsfolly]

9 hours ago, MOPanfisher said:

Who?

Who's on first!

[Hunter53]

3 hours ago, dtrs5kprs said:

Thank you. Better have hooves, feathers, or fur, if it's going on my plate. 

You forgot to say 'and burnt to a crisp'. LOL

[Champ188]

2 hours ago, Hunter53 said:

You forgot to say 'and burnt to a crisp'. LOL

To the point that its hard to tell the meat from the hooves. 

[MoCarp]

 

people are naive to think fish are not poached for profit, its a constant... trout served on a Branson Buffet could very easily get taken from Taney, who would know?...we have so few CO to enforce regulations

 

Major fish-poaching scheme busted in northern Minnesota, authorities say

Ten men indicted in scheme involving buying and selling of fish. 

http://www.startribune.com/n-minnesota-walleye-poaching-scheme-broken/202443861/

MDC AND FEDERAL AGENTS SNAG MAJOR PADDLEFISH POACHING OPERATION

https://mdc.mo.gov/newsroom/mdc-and-federal-agents-snag-major-paddlefish-poaching-operation

Man busted selling speckled trout, redfish, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says

http://www.nola.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2014/07/man_busted_selling_speckled_tr.html

Central Valley Fish Trafficking Ring Sentenced Following CDFW Bust

https://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2017/07/24/central-valley-fish-trafficking-ring-sentenced-following-cdfw-bust/

Charges in Great Lakes fisheries sting

http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/blogs/proof-and-hearsay/2017/01/24/charges-great-lakes-fisheries-sting/96957900/

Well Known Dunsmuir Trout Poacher Busted, Convicted, and Blown Out of Town

http://yobiadventures.com/Well-Known-Dunsmuir-Trout-Poacher-Busted-Convicted-and-Blown-Out-of-Town

Man Arrested For Selling Catfish On Craigslist

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/06/29/man-arrested-for-selling-catfish-on-craigslist/

 

[Ellros]

12 hours ago, jte54 said:

There is a large Asian market for them near the larger cities.  From what I gather the buyers are near Chicago.  I have been told by my supervisor that there are some fish hauler/transporters ( middle men) ready to pick them up and take them up there.  Also for the last two years or so we had a Chinese postdoc from Chicago and she would mentioned there were many people in the Asian communities up that way that bought a lot of largemouth bass.

   Has your organization considered looking into commercial fishing for Asian carp?  Logic says that would be an easier market for Asians, not to mention closer to and easier to transport to Chicago.

[fishinwrench]

I followed the proceedings of that Paddlefish case until the end. It started off being 2 foreign guys and a dude from Lake Ozark.  Charges were dropped against both foriegn guys during the second court date,  then there were 6 continuances and finally almost 2 years later the charge on the LO guy was dropped to a misdemeanor, he pled guilty and payed a fine that if I remember right was under 400.00

Seemed like a rediculous amount of crap to go thru just to get 400.00 out of a guy.    I'm sure a lawyer made some coin on it, but just think of the potential amount of taxpayers money wasted in the process of that.  Federal agents, Detectives/Investigators, MDC agents, Prosecutor, Judge, Balif, Court recorder, Filing agent, The vehicles they drive and the fuel they burned up, ect.    They all have to get paid.

So the Feds and the State spent probably 30k+ on that sting.... and 2 years later got paid 400 bucks.    

I don't know whether to laugh or cry 😂. This is the payoff for funding this brilliant Paddlefish BS that some of ya love so much.

 

In the meantime, how much faith do y'all have that a few MDC higher-ups aren't providing Spoonbill eggs to someone for cash ?   Think that sting will ever happen?

The conspiratorial side of me suspects that might be the real reason why some are so diligent about "providing Paddlefish for Missouri sportsmen".   

Where's Dablemont?  He sure has been quiet lately.

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, Ellros said:

   Has your organization considered looking into commercial fishing for Asian carp?  Logic says that would be an easier market for Asians, not to mention closer to and easier to transport to Chicago.

Do Asian's have taste buds that are different from ours?  WTF don't they eat fish that are actually good to eat? What do they have against salmon, cod, crappie, white bass, or any other fish commonly considered delicious?

It's just like these ding-a-lings that pay a weeks wage for a plate of eel.    Ya oughta just feed them a frikkin water snake and throw a party with their money. 

[dtrs5kprs]

15 hours ago, Hunter53 said:

You forgot to say 'and burnt to a crisp'. LOL

We call that "cooked" at our house.

[vernon]

55 minutes ago, dtrs5kprs said:

We call that "cooked" at our house.

That is just so sad.