Drinking.....

[Tom523]

If there is alcohol open in public and there is not a liquor license that allows it than it is a crime. If you have blood shot, eyes unsteady on feet, slurred speech than you are AI. No won't take your shoes but may spend a night in the jail.

That means that my stepson who has special needs, because he has epilepsi, a speech impediment, and is pidgeon toed is AI. You got me on the open can of alcohol though.

[roadrunner]

I don't want to high jack thread however I have a question for Zx150. I own a houseboat I am in my slip tied up in a marina if i have a beer on the front deck of the boat am I illegal? is this drinking in public?

[zx150]

As far as ur son goes common sense will prevail. Does he smell of alcohol? As far as ur house boat not it is concerned a house.

[Tom523]

As far as ur son goes common sense will prevail. Does he smell of alcohol? As far as ur house boat not it is concerned a house.

The point that I'm trying to make is that if you give a CO the evidence he can take you to jail. I was fishing with a friend on Rough a few years ago. We were just up in a cove casting toward the bank when we had the CO's pull up and check our license. They ask me what we had in the cooler. I told them "a couple of beers and some water". No beer were open. They ask me if I had been drinking and I said no. They ask me if I was driving the boat and I replied "Yes". They gave me a breathalyzer and I passed. They ask my buddy if he was drinking and he said yes. They asked him if he would take a Breathalyzer and he agreed. They took him to jail. My buddy told me that all the CO's talked about on the way to jail was how glad they were to get off the water so they could catch up on some errands. If my buddy would have said no to the question and test he could have kept fishing.

[ryan_ekubass]

wow tom that sounds fishy and I am sure that there is two sides to every story. People can set back and arm chair quarterback any situation.