Port Hope "blitz".

[farsider]

Captain Renault was shocked there was poaching going on.

 

Nabbed some at least.

 

https://www.northumberlandnews.com/news-story/7582424-provincial-blitz-snags-illegal-fishing-in-northumberland/

[fishindevil]

same old gong show....and they got a few more since the list above......

[Garnet]

569 checked and 50 charges. That's 10% better than I expected.

[PUMP KNOWS]

I saw so many people keeping foul hooked fish at port hope. I asked a MNR officer who was watching the action what was the rule on keeping a fish that's been hooked foul. The lady said "if the anger isn't intentionally trying to snag fish then its fine and they can keep it.

 

I never heard that one before.

 

I think she just didn't want to go down to river and enforce the rules.

 

[misfish]

CLOSE THE WATERS TO THE MOUTH.

 

This crap is not going to go away.

[DanD]

The lady said "if the anger isn't intentionally trying to snag fish then its fine and they can keep it.

 

I never heard that one before.

 

I think she just didn't want to go down to river and enforce the rules.

 

 

When did enforcement officers become judges?

If the fish ifs fouled hooked it's fouled hooked; lay the charge and let a judge sort it out.

 

Dan.

[misfish]

 

When did enforcement officers become judges?

If the fish ifs fouled hooked it's fouled hooked; lay the charge and let a judge sort it out.

 

Dan.

 

 

I they just close it off to the mouth, the charges would be very easy to stick. Your not suppose to be here, so you are in violation.

 

 

 

SIMPLE

 

Edit to add

 

Yes, foul hooked, is fouled hooked.

 

 

RELEASE

Edited October 4, 2017 by Misfish

[Garnet]

And I'm for the 500 people checked, and they had there licence they where fishing in a legal area and just generally having a great time.

 

I'm always for access.

 

Mom Dad and the kids, Grampa and the kids, This is all good stuff.

[chessy]

 

When did enforcement officers become judges?

If the fish ifs fouled hooked it's fouled hooked; lay the charge and let a judge sort it out.

 

Dan.

A fish caught other than the mouth by accident is a federal offence and must be tried in court with rapist and murderers and when the mnrf go to court the judge says are you kidding me courts time is short

[Old Ironmaker]

We complain when violent criminals are offered sweet deals to lighten the Courts case loads and we complain when not all fishing and hunting offences are not perused by the Crown. I would bet my bottom dollar that if someone is ticketed for a minor violation and that person chooses to go to Court that ticket will disappear really fast because the Crown won't waste valuable Court time for foul hooking a fish. I bet that more than a few assistant or even CA's don't know what foul hooked even means.

Edited October 11, 2017 by Old Ironmaker

[DanD]

A fish caught other than the mouth by accident is a federal offence and must be tried in court with rapist and murderers and when the mnrf go to court the judge says are you kidding me courts time is short

 

If a CO has the attitude, its going to get tossed out of court anyway, why bother; is my point. They and any other enforcement officer are there to enforce the regulations and the laws, set out by the courts; they are not there to enforce their opinion.

So lay the charges to the full extent and then let the courts sort it. If the charges get thrown out, so be it. If the courts think these charges are so frivolous; change the laws. In the mean time the MNR, Police, MTO or whatever enforcement agency officers have to do their job the way the regulations are written.

 

 

 

Dan.