What is truly saddening is that both of these people are extremely highly-regarded members of the NE and USA spearfishing community. Both of these people possess amazing ability, experience and skill. It is so sad and disheartening that they'd go down this road and tarnish otherwise incredible reputations.
I've met both of these people, and was so impressed with their skill and dedication to their sport. Dave Hochman currently holds the world spearfishing record for striped bass that was well-publicized - you can check it here: http://www.iusarecords.com/world_record_list.php
John Warnock is a spearfishing legend who I felt honored to have met. I am just very sad to read about this as it was something that did not have to happen. I hope better choices will be made in the future.
Yeah, Bernie Madoff was a real nice guy too. Cuff em' and stuff em'...
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..
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.
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