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Originally Posted by bobber
its time to make poaching penalties hurt a little more. and to get judges to take these kinda things seriously...
for instance- 3 guys in CT were caught with 40-something stripers a few years ago. cops sued fish-sniffing dogs to find them all. all were shorts. only 1 of them had a license.
total fine was $25 for fishing w/o license. they were all seen back fishing 1 week later
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Several busts in CT were tossed out due to lack of evidence. Apparently some attorney came up with the great idea that if the cops didn't have physical proof (video/photographic evidence) of the suspect stashing fish in the woods nearby then they could have been placed there by anyone. Now they have to catch them on video to get the charges to stick.