I've seen gill nets being used on Dale....Ky. Lake....Green River Lake; and it "seemed" that those checking them were keeping everything that was caught in them...be it smallies...under size bass...I was so upset at the time...but thinking it was legal..
Come to find out that evening...they wern't!! And these guys were throwing all of the fish in coolers..more than one cooler!! In all repects to the law inforcement...and the job they carry out day in day out;...prabably under staffed;..large areas to cover,.. great people...trying to do the best they can I assume...But where are they???? I've been fishing for over 30 years...more than 50 days a year..and I've only been checked twice in my life for fish in my live wells???? I guess Im a little disgrunted with the game and fish law inforcment. Just a few weeks ago the KBFN had a state championship on the Ohio River...One of the Game Wardens in Carrollton Ky. wanted to make sure we knew that a half mile infront of the dam lock was off limits for fishing. That is fine...he made his thoughts known to us...and we made sure we made it clear to the particpants that this area was off limits at the meeting. But I guess what got me upset...is the warden went on to say that he would be there at "all day, starting at day light"..to be sure we don't fish there...and that he would "hand out tickets to all day"; that didn't obide to his...edict warning. Like I said...that is fine...if that is what he wants to do....Now that next day was (Sat.), opening muzzle loading weekend....now you would think this Game Warden would have something better to do...than to try and catch tournament bass anglers from fishing in an area with heavy barge traffic (most won't fish there anyway). From my point of view...these are the guys that have the most respect for the fishing regulations.....saftey...and the inviroment. Oh well......get off my pitty pot.