my buddy met a fella thru work that told him he never gets a fishing license and hes been stopped many times with short stripers. everytime getting off and they make him release the stripers even though they are dead.he gets off by speaking in his native tongue when hes approached. he said they never asked to see a license either.he can speak english too, but he knows how to work the language barrier.he takes lots of shorts when he doesn't get caught and sells them to neighbors.i would figure seeing shorts and asking for a license would go hand in hand.