Originally Posted By: Jighead
Originally Posted By: EnCon Police
For the purposes of this section, "hunting or fishing guide services" means aiding, assisting or instructing any person in the taking of fish or wildlife while in the fields, forests or on the waters of the state in exchange for any form of remuneration.


If you invite someone on your boat....you are aiding and assisting before you even wet a line, give any advice at all...and you are also instructing. If he gives you some gas money, brings sandwiches or even buys the bait....that's remuneration.

wtf - how gray can a law be ?????

A law everyone who takes someone else out fishing will be in violation of, while at the same time, nearly impossible to prove/enforce anyway. Unless the guy writes a check that says "fishing charter" on the memo line. facepalm


You are not acting as a guide, you are acting as a mentor. The difference is a guide gets paid - they do it for money - a mentor does it for free for the love of the sport and for the desire to pass on skills and knowledge to new hunters or anglers.

Trying to say that if someone chips in for gas or brings sandwiches makes them a paying customer doesn't hold true any more than using that logic if you carpool somewhere with a bunch of friends who chip in for gas or buy your lunch that you are running a taxi or limo service.
Captain Keith Williams
keith.williams@ct.gov
Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection
Connecticut State Environmental Conservation Police