Me-Excuse me guys, your fishing illegally. Your not allowed to snag fish. If you continue I will have to call DFO
Guy#1- This isnt illegal, look I have no fish
Guy#2- Shrugs, no english
Me- you are fishing 50-65 lb braid, a 3-4oz bouncing betty, 30-40lb mono leader at 8-10ft, a giant barbed hook with nothing on it (wool) and a weight crimped on above the hook.
Guys- continue to rip through the pool.
I call dfo and the ask for their license plate number, I said id find out.
Guy#1-packs up with both guys gear and walks to road heading west.
I follow him a safe distance back. He looks back to see if im following and speeds up. I then go east and catch guy#2 with big rotten spring and a garbage bag full of fish. I could not see if the were wild or hatch. I memorized license plate and this is what I get from guy#2 he spoke no english.
"Who do you think you are, the police?"
Me-no but we need to police ourselves on the water as dfo cannot be everywhere to ensure the regs are being abided by.
"What regulations? Do you make the regulation?"
Me- no I do not make the regulations. They are set by dfo.
"Who is this dfo?"
I explain what dfo is and he had no idea who dfo was. He was extremely mad but it needs to end.
The precurser to me saying anything was a nice guy was telling me he was there at 530 waiting for first light and these guys already had fish killed. He explained that the weekend prior he ran into the same guys at the same spot. He gave them roe and showed them how to fish with bait. Apparently the roe wasnt working.