OVERBORED
Well-Known Angler
I posted a short while back about a well known pirate getting busted for over limit bluefish.
To update, my sources tell me he went to court and plead to 4 fish over the limit and $450 fine.
You can say it's all about politics and you won't get an argument from me however when DEC makes a bust and the result of that is a $450 fine, it emboldens the poacher who will be back at it on the next tide and castrates enforcement officers as they don't have the backing of the penal system.
To update, my sources tell me he went to court and plead to 4 fish over the limit and $450 fine.
You can say it's all about politics and you won't get an argument from me however when DEC makes a bust and the result of that is a $450 fine, it emboldens the poacher who will be back at it on the next tide and castrates enforcement officers as they don't have the backing of the penal system.
