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Author:
MANIMAL
Date:
Apr 14, 2013
Subject:
Need advice for a buddy who got a fishing ticket today
Message:
He drove up to an unmarked pond and was the only one there - DEEP pulled up and ticketed him, he said he looked up the pond on the CT Anglers guide and it wasnt listed so he thought he was ok to fish it The DEEP worker said he'd never heard the pond called what my buddy knew it as, the DEEP guy said it didnt have a name he always just knew it by a nickname but it is fed by a stream that is stocked ( unknown to my buddy ) can my buddy fight this and plead not guilty and win? even the ticket calls the pond by a name that isnt listed in the Angler's Guide what can my buddy do? He was fishing, kept no trout, never had an infraction before, and the DEEP worker said the pond really has no name anyway - how was he to know he couldnt fish it? Thanks for any and all advice - there are many here much wiser than I so I told him Id check with all of you and gain from your knowledge and experience
Author:
Michael
Date:
Apr 14, 2013
Message:
The pond is fed by a stream that is stocked with trout. That means that the trout in the stocked stream can get into that pond. DEEP told me that even though they only stock 1 pond at Twin Brooks Park, all ponds are connected by brooks that eventually goes to the Pequonnock River, which means I can't fish all other ponds while trout season is closed.
Author:
MANIMAL
Date:
Apr 14, 2013
Message:
that I understand but I wonder Because the DEEP officer wrote a name down for The body of water and the name doesn't exist on The off limits list in the anglers guide can my buddy plead Not guilty and get off on a technicality having to do with Being accused of fishing a body of water that doesn't exist? The DEEP officer admitted he didn't know the name of the pond He knew what he always called it but wrote down the name Of the stream as the pond name..... But wrote river Cedar swamp stream feeds into the UN named pond Ticket states Cedar swamp RIVER / cedar swamp pond Neither of those names appear on anglers guide
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