A marine report, was out fluke fishing with a friend today June 19th and had DEP officer pull up along side to check our catch. I have read many posts on negative experiences with the officers doing their job out in the field. Well the officer patrolling off Clinton today was a classy and very respectful gentlemen. He didn't race up and waited for us to clear some lines before approaching. Looked at our catch, exchanged pleasantries before noticing that my buddy didn't have his annual reg. sticker adhered to his boat. Unknown to me, my buddy had the paperwork and sticker inside the cabin but was too damn superstitious to stick it on because of the number "13". With that said, the officer chuckled and joked with us without demanding to see paperwork, even though my buddy had it and he thanked and wished us luck out there before taking off to check on the other boat behind us. We ended up with a few fluke and seabass despite wind-against-tide conditions but heard and saw how courteous he was to all the other anglers. Keep up the good work!