Not keeping the dead sockeye would be an honest mistake. That would have been reported in a heartbeat by me. 
Good for you. You have successfully created another statistic. And what good has this done for the person that took the fish? Absolutly nothing.
And then you think the DFO will dispatch a CO or something?? and if they do, would that fix the whole problem?
I personally believe that many of these individuals require some opportunities to educate themselves rather than paying $$ for a mistake that could have easily been prevented. The reality is that the current method of selling a fishing license with (or in most cases without) a copy of the Fishing Regulation provides minimal opportunity for educating a novice angler. Reporting individual incidents doesn't seem to make a significant difference. This system needs more checks and balances to ensure people take the responsibility of t
First inteligent thing said so far in this thread.
If you want to call and report someone, it’s your own prerogative, but at the end of the day it’s accomplished absolutely nothing other than generating another stat at the local DFO office, maybe pushed an officer out to the river for an extra few hours that week, but that’s about it.
I absolutely LOVE hearing all these people scream they call the DFO and report everyone they see doing something wrong - give license plates, names if they have them - blah blah blah. At the end of the day, they may show up at that person’s house but they have nothing on that person other than a complaint unless they have kept that fish (and think about it - who’s going to keep it if someone says something to them. 10 minutes down the road its out the door in the ditch if they have any brains).
You sir Shakespug and alwaysfishn are part of the problem. Always willing to scream about problems but not offer any solutions to the problem. Try educating that person about what has been done (and I don’t mean educating by verbally lashing that person in front of 100 other people with your manly lion voice - they’re going to feel about 2 inches tall when the realize what they have done, even without being lashed in front of everyone else). If you still want to report the issue, than now is the time to do so, you have done you part by "educating" the person that has done wrong. It’s a two way street here and until something has been done to get people the proper training before they are issued a license, this is going to continue.
If you don’t feel it’s your job to have to educate those who perhaps don’t know what they’re doing then maybe it’s time you give up the sport and pick up a set of knitting needles and some wool because its everyone’s business out there. Everyone is so quick to say all you need is the internet, get the details from there - well wtf did people do before the internet? They spoke with each other - Verbal communication. Try it out some time, give someone some tips, give them the info they need if you see they may be having troubles and guess what - you may prevent someone from illegally taking a fish before its too late!
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