The thing is, taking their boats might slow them down but they obviously dont take regards to the law. This run in will definately slow em down, but taking their liscence to fish isnt going to make em think twice about fishing and to continue to keep shorties. Just might be from the bank now. In my mind, if you are feeding a family on fish do it on things you can continuously catch....catfish, panfish, and other abundant species with no regulations. To me a good catfish filet is hard to beat.