MyGirl - I agree with you. The impetus for more enforcement of fish and game violations has to come from the legislature or from the Chief State's Attorney. For instance, about 25 years ago, the CT Criminal Justice system became MUCH more serious about DWIs and alcohol realted accidents after MADD and SADD began pressuring the legislature to take those offenses more seriously. Laws were passed stating that if prosecutors were dropping those charges, they had to state on the record in open court the reasons why they were doing so. There were mandatory minimum sentences mandated by statute. While I don't think we will ever see the level of interest in F&G violations that we do in DWIs, there should be some effort to address the situation. Try contacting your local reps and ask them to address the problem in the legislature. If they see the enforcement as a way to put more money into the state's coffers, they will all be on the bandwagon. Maybe suggest mandatory whopping fines with half the money going to DEEP enforcement and the other half to the gen'l fund.