Is it Time to end the Stop and Frisk Boarding that boating anglers have to endure? It's illegal in many states.

[Matts]

So it seems the coast guard is a law unto itself, the better to stop smugglers and pirates, but the NY DEC needs probable cause to search your boat:

"whenever they have cause to believe that any provision of this
article or of any law for the protection of fish, shellfish, crustacea,
wildlife, game or protected insects has been or is being violated, "

Are fishing rods probable cause if they don't actually observe you catching a fish? I'll give 10:1 odds 90% of DEC officers have no clue what that means.

 

[Pangaroo]

The DEC Police are not the friend of sportsmen and don't ever think they are. They're the enforcement arm of the radicals in NY. I wish the towns would take over and the Bay Constables do all the checking. The DEC Police are an occupying force !