I was checked last year at Starvation Lake and to my absolute suprise ( and my friends ) , I was caught red handed with no license. I will admit it was a stupid thing to do and I was pretty fresh at the time and thought that I could get my license the following week (gulp). Well too late at that point and I looked and felt like a complete arsehole. I signed off on the fine and he and the RCMP officer left. I didn't fish for the rest of the weekend fearing I would be caught a second time. Lesson learned ? maybe not......I thought that if they didn't check your record at the time of buying a license ( which i did the following week ) I would be scott free and be able to buy my licenses from there on in without paying the fine. Seemed like a good idea time and I carried on that way until 2 weeks ago when the same CO showed up at my door in S. Vancouver to tell me that my license had been suspended until i pay the fine. He caught me by suprise again, right after a Bob Marley break
. I was stunned, he told me that if I was caught fishing or hunting without paying the fine, I would be promptly arrested and charged. I am now a full time LEGAL fisherman and will be until i die. I thought i could loophole my way out of the system and It turns out that some CO's are going the extra mile and checking up on ne'er do wells like myself. I would like to say thank you to the CO for doing his job. It worked I paid my fine the next morning.
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Topic: Got checked by DFO today, (thursday 25th) (Read 6951 times)