Thread: FISHIN LICENCES
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Old 02-10-2011, 02:12 PM   #25
Ed B
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Originally Posted by numbskull View Post
Not that simple to me. Can you answer me this?

If someone is caught fishing on my boat using gear I have provided without a license (even if I have one) what, as the boat owner, is my liability? Do I lose my gear? Do I have to stop fishing as long as he is on board?
You have to stop fishing for the rest of your life.

I know you want to bait me into a legal discussion numbskull, but I just don't see this as something that is that difficult. I have to believe that F&W officers encounter these situations all the time with fresh water fishing.

If a person were on my 12 ft fishing vessel who did not have a license I would tell them they could not fish. This is what I have done in the past and I didn't find that complicated.

Certainly you can come up with hypotheticals though, give them a trial run on the water, and let he F&W officer decide who to fine.
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