Just wondering if the DEP CO's will pay as much attention to the RAMPART poaching that goes on out of the Pawcatuck River as they will checking to see who doesn't have a rec license. Eight years of complaints... basically, zero results. I've heard every excuse under the sun why no action has been taken from every level of the DEP. This is the first public airing of that fact. All I can say is that KNOWN poachers keep doing their nefarious deeds- mosstly during the hours of darkness.... the rec license enforcement issue becomes a total joke.
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"Eight years of complaints....basically, zero results."?
We have had eleven (11) complaints on the Pawcatuck River since 2000. Of those eleven (11) complaints, ten (10) were incidents generated by officers patrolling the area, seeing a violation and taking action. Of those ten (10) incidents, six (6) resulted in arrests and four (4) resulted in written warnings.
One (1) of the eleven (11) complaints was called in by an anonymous person. I guess that one complaint is the eight years worth of complaints with zero results.
Bill we've had this conversation before - if you have information regarding violations either call it in when you see it or contact our Marine Headquarters, talk to an officer and provide them with the information.
capt.crunch
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Registered: 03/28/05
Posts: 61
Loc: Bristol ct
I know one guy I worked with who got cought fishing in a reservoir . Game wardens caught him, took and suspended his licence. He just went to Walmart and got a new one and was fishing the next day. He did this twice. No one checks.
I always had the problem of forgetting my license when you only had the one little piece of paper. If I remembered to look for it I could not find it. Was it in my hunting back pack, on my fishing vest, in my trout bag, on the boat somewhere, etc. Now with online licensing I just print out a dozen copies and keep one copy everywhere I need one. One in the wallet, one on the boat, one in my hunting crap, one in the car, etc. Online licensing is the best thing that happened to sports folks.
thevinman
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Registered: 07/19/06
Posts: 1356
Loc: Alpharetta, GA
Worst case, lets say your forgot your piece of paper...Why is not just providing your conservation ID enough? (One can scribble that number on anything and keep it with you.) Can't the DEP officers verify the licence number in the field?
Along the same lines...what's the DEP's stance on:
Licence replication/alteration (ie. shrunk to fit in your wallet?) or as Murph mentioned, digital storage? (Iphone licence, etc.)
Basically all of the above is just another way of providing one key bit of info...the conservation ID.
This is what I did - (shrunk, signed and laminated)
Would an officer have issues with shrinkage?
Thoughts?
-Vinny My Profile "Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try." - Jedi Master Yoda
As long as the officer can read it I'm sure it would OK. As far as having the saltwater license displayed- No need to display it, just needs to be carried
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