Manfy Posted October 7, 2021 Report Posted October 7, 2021 Hey everyone ! I need your help There is a situation I need to get clarified here Both my friends have fishing licenses and they left there fish up at there parents cottage, well there parents got caught by a game warden and are getting charged for possession over limit. They lawyer says for my friends to sign an afidavid saying they left there fish up there. Should I tell them not to sign as charged might be less for there parents but now come back on them for leaving there catch there ???
Fisherman Posted October 7, 2021 Report Posted October 7, 2021 I suspect there's more to the story than shown. If A and B left their fish at the parents cottage, the parents can possess the legal limit of each person giving it to them. No licence required. How many did they leave? 3
Terry Posted October 7, 2021 Report Posted October 7, 2021 Even if you gift fish to a person that person can not possess over a limit so from the little info you gave, they are guilty
Manfy Posted October 8, 2021 Author Report Posted October 8, 2021 29 minutes ago, Fisherman said: I suspect there's more to the story than shown. If A and B left their fish at the parents cottage, the parents can possess the legal limit of each person giving it to them. No licence required. How many did they leave? They didn't gift any they just left there 4 fish up there and went home
Terry Posted October 8, 2021 Report Posted October 8, 2021 And the home owners are in possession mom not saying it’s right but it is the way the law is a judge May believe they were going to come back for them and go easy on them but I wouldn’t count on it we were told that if we wanted one car to transport all our fish in the cooler from a fishing camp while some people were in other vehicles, we would have to have them packaged in individual bags sealed and with name address and phone number . Types of fish and numbers of fish 1
Manfy Posted October 8, 2021 Author Report Posted October 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Terry said: And the home owners are in possession mom not saying it’s right but it is the way the law is a judge May believe they were going to come back for them and go easy on them but I wouldn’t count on it we were told that if we wanted one car to transport all our fish in the cooler from a fishing camp while some people were in other vehicles, we would have to have them packaged in individual bags sealed and with name address and phone number . Types of fish and numbers of fish Thank you helps alot
akaShag Posted October 10, 2021 Report Posted October 10, 2021 On 10/7/2021 at 7:35 PM, Fisherman said: I suspect there's more to the story than shown. WHY would the game wardens be checking out somebody's cottage??? COs have a lot of work to do, without checking up on cottage owners who may have somebody else's fish in their possession....and BTW why would they suspect this? Definitely more to this story than what is written here. 8
John Bacon Posted October 11, 2021 Report Posted October 11, 2021 On 10/7/2021 at 7:41 PM, Terry said: Even if you gift fish to a person that person can not possess over a limit so from the little info you gave, they are guilty But two people each leaving a daily limit of fish would not put them over the possession limit… 1
irishfield Posted October 11, 2021 Report Posted October 11, 2021 1 hour ago, John Bacon said: But two people each leaving a daily limit of fish would not put them over the possession limit… Unless they already had their freezer full... 4
Terry Posted October 11, 2021 Report Posted October 11, 2021 8 hours ago, irishfield said: Unless they already had their freezer full... exactly. Even a couple of fish of their own would do it 2
glen Posted October 11, 2021 Report Posted October 11, 2021 On 10/7/2021 at 7:07 PM, Manfy said: Hey everyone ! I need your help There is a situation I need to get clarified here Both my friends have fishing licenses and they left there fish up at there parents cottage, well there parents got caught by a game warden and are getting charged for possession over limit. They lawyer says for my friends to sign an afidavid saying they left there fish up there. Should I tell them not to sign as charged might be less for there parents but now come back on them for leaving there catch there ??? How many fish over limit? if it’s a lot if could be a big fine. you say the parents were not over limit until other fish were left so two extra limits? I would not sign anything because that doesn’t take away that the law was broke. they broke the law and are guilty. pay fine. id like to here the rest of the story. Did they pull the Gill nets.
akaShag Posted October 11, 2021 Report Posted October 11, 2021 9 hours ago, irishfield said: Unless they already had their freezer full... OR if they have no fishing licence, AND are not yet 65 years old......
Fisherman Posted October 11, 2021 Report Posted October 11, 2021 Maybe someone else got tired of the over harvesting and made a call. 3
John Bacon Posted October 11, 2021 Report Posted October 11, 2021 24 minutes ago, akaShag said: OR if they have no fishing licence, AND are not yet 65 years old...... Actually, a license is not required to possess fish. I think that there must be more than two limits of fish involved here. Plus, the CO/Game Warden must have suspected something in order for them to inspect the freezer to begin with. I suspect that there is a little more to the story than what we are being told. 5
akaShag Posted October 11, 2021 Report Posted October 11, 2021 6 minutes ago, John Bacon said: Actually, a license is not required to possess fish. I think that there must be more than two limits of fish involved here. Plus, the CO/Game Warden must have suspected something in order for them to inspect the freezer to begin with. I suspect that there is a little more to the story than what we are being told. I did not know that one could possess game fish without a licence, but that makes sense. If I give a feed of fish to a friend who is shut-in due to a health condition, she does not need a licence. Not that I asked her about this.... But yes there is more to this story.............. 3
porkpie Posted October 11, 2021 Report Posted October 11, 2021 You should not tell them anything. The lawyer they supposedly have should advise them. I've seen plenty of f@#ckery in my day, and it sounds like some is afoot. 2
Manfy Posted October 11, 2021 Author Report Posted October 11, 2021 2 hours ago, glen said: How many fish over limit? if it’s a lot if could be a big fine. you say the parents were not over limit until other fish were left so two extra limits? I would not sign anything because that doesn’t take away that the law was broke. they broke the law and are guilty. pay fine. id like to here the rest of the story. Did they pull the Gill nets. There were no nets its a cottage for family other family left there limits there so one person got caught with all fish Unfortunately they were not based and tagged right
Manfy Posted October 11, 2021 Author Report Posted October 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Fisherman said: Maybe someone else got tired of the over harvesting and made a call. There was no news evolved It's a family cottage so multiple people stay there There is a deep freezer so instead of taking the fish home they left them there and headed home is it ilegal to leave ur fish there if u have a fishing license do they have go always go where you go
Big Cliff Posted October 11, 2021 Report Posted October 11, 2021 Exactly how many fish over limit are we talking about? Something had to triger the CO to investigate so either someone complained or they observed something that made them suspicious. 1
Fisherman Posted October 11, 2021 Report Posted October 11, 2021 42 minutes ago, Manfy said: There was no news evolved It's a family cottage so multiple people stay there There is a deep freezer so instead of taking the fish home they left them there and headed home is it ilegal to leave ur fish there if u have a fishing license do they have go always go where you go If you leave multiple possessions in the same freezer then they must be packaged to be able to make an accurate count and labelled with individual ownership. 2 1
Manfy Posted October 12, 2021 Author Report Posted October 12, 2021 On 10/11/2021 at 2:40 PM, glen said: What started the investigation? They were fishing in a small town in Ontario and the game warden that stoped them also lives there apparently he is well known there
Fisherman Posted October 12, 2021 Report Posted October 12, 2021 Somebody must have told him something, they just don't randomly check peoples freezers 3
glen Posted October 12, 2021 Report Posted October 12, 2021 I guess the warden thinks they are guilty. Hopefully it’s not a big fine. Pay it and move on.
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