Originally Posted By: jimmy
the spearfishing guy was a chiropractor, wow, i guess it goes to show they really are crooks..

im surprised this got a press release, pretty small potatoes, few guys caught with 4 fish over the limit each, doubt it will make mention in the papers although it probably is the big story of the year for the deep. I had just assumed there are people getting caught on a daily basis with stuff like this but i guess not if this gets a news release.. oh well, these guys will get 500 in fines each, even if they dont appeal, and be out fishing next year on the other side of the Pawtucket river.. they can make a few hundread each with a haul like that... small potatoes..


Well since they can bring them to Mass and sell them for $3.25/lb whole weight (not gutted) and if they are legal Mass commercial fish, well over 20lbs per fish (I would imagine that they were all around 40 plus lbs each) if you do the math you will see they had a good payday. I would be surprised if this was the first time they did this as ENCON would be real lucky to stumble upon a one time occurance. Someone was probably seeing this and reported it. If a guy spearfishing finds a body of larger fish, 40lbs plus they have the ability to key in on those fish and do very well on a trip.
The fine may be a drop in the bucket and he will probably be back out there again, but his credibility is history at this point.