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[silver ghost]

Heard yesterday on the river a guy got fined $800 and got all of his gear taken by DFO Fishery Officers for poaching - retention of a closed species [3 wild coho], retention over the daily limit [jack chinook and 3 adult chinook]

[FlyFishin Magician]

Good to hear he got caught. Hopefully he was fishing with a Sage rod!   

[anorden]

Great that he got nailed, but dont you feel sometimes fines are out of proportion? $100-200 for (accidentally) having a barbed hook or leaving your license at home (which realistically do fairly minimal harm to our fisheries)

 But only $800 for such a blatant case of poaching? If the benchmark is 1-200 for minor offenses this guy should be getting a couple of thousand IMO.

[bigblockfox]

do they revoke his licence as well? hope so and if so how long? good to hear he got caught. i agree that i thought the fine was kind of weak for posesing that many fish illegally

[Geff_t]

I wonder if they will ever see that money.

[Kenwee]

May be , jail time is better than a fine.

[jizza]

community service - gut fish for everyone on the river for 6 months

[Zackattack]

community service - gut fish for everyone on the river for 6 months

hahahahahahaha ya public humiliation would do it

i wonder if this guy was called in or they just were checking catches

[JPW]

Good to hear!  I hope the license is taken away for at least the season!

[TyCrane]

nice to hear there is at least some enforcement going on out there

[Ed]

Heard yesterday on the river a guy got fined $800 and got all of his gear taken by DFO Fishery Officers for poaching - retention of a closed species [3 wild coho], retention over the daily limit [jack chinook and 3 adult chinook]

Like and definitely deserves a bump on this thread!

[Gooey]

shoulda waited until he started packing the fish out, let him load his car...then take it all...now we are starting to talk about some realistic penalties.

I wonder if this guy was float fishing, using bait or hardware, or flossing/snagging...anyone want to make a friendly wager?!?

[DanJohn]

Im just glad that he got caught. Sure mistakes can be made, ignorance happens in every aspect of life, but THREE wild coho is blatant disregard for the rules, or supreme ignorance. I would assume the former, in which I think more should be done towards the guilty party, but at least its SOMETHING. After reading about the Gong Show of the Vedder, and the lack of any presence of DFO officers, this is refreshing. I as a beginner, student, and timid angler would much rather a River that has some form of authority than a free for all. The river itself is intimidating, the stories after that are just icing on the cake. Hope they stick around!

I just saw 3 ho and 3 Chinook and a jack. I didnt see the chinook before! Then yeah, 800 and confiscation wasnt nearly enough. Should have been 250-500 per fish over the limit, and 500-1000 per coho. Or call it a grand a 15 days in prison. Either or.

[azafai]

good to hear he was caught.

[Floater]

Thats it? so how do you get the maximum penalty of jail time and 2k fine? I mean thats pretty much as bad as it gets a side of using electricity to fish.