no hijacked...
no hijacked...
Hey! :lol::lol::lol: I don't consider my thread hijacked. This is good stuff, exactly what I hoped for. If a person did hook a big fish below a deadline and, by accident, took a step over the wrong side of that deadline in their excitement(I do get excited when I hook a big one!:shock
and a Game Warden wrote them a ticket, then later in court the exact definition of what NO FISHING means might have to be made clear.
On page 6 of the Regs under Definitions it says this:
Angling: To take or attempt to take fish for personal use by hook and line.
Even this definition is somewhat ambiguous. To take or attempt to take fish. I'm pretty sure that landing a fish even to unhook and release it would fall under the attempt or take part. Or would it? Attempting to release a hooked fish seems to me NOT attempting to take fish:lol:.
I would play it safe and not step over the deadline. Especially with a pole in my hand. I got a ticket 20 something years ago for standing on the shore of a closed waterbody with a pole in my hand. I'd made an honest mistake of thinking it was October 31st when in fact it was November 1st. A Game Warden drove by, saw me and stopped and asked me what I was doing. Thinking it was obvious what I was about I replied that I was trying to figure out how to get down the steep riprap embankment to see if I could hook a fish. I had not actually thrown anything into the water yet. However the Warden wrote me a ticket for ATTEMPTING to fish a closed water. A 90 dollar fine but I pled no contest and after I explained to the Judge what went on he chuckled and dropped the fine to 37 bucks. Still a chunk a change 20 years ago!
Anyway, the dilema abibibo mentions is interesting too. I wish the Regs were clear-cut. And to hijack my own thread....886 coho over W. Falls on the 21st. They's a coming! Hoo boy!!
BFF