EPO'S

[soups]

I was fishing the canal, and noticed a couple of people 50' feet from me fishing bait. Not there 15 minutes, and 2 real short stripers are in there 5 gallon bucket. I yell over to them that they are short fish, but he says "I donts care, I be eating dem". I called the EPO'S #, and to my surprise they were there in 20 minutes. As soon as the boys saw the EPO drive by, they dumped the dead fish. he EPO went down and asked questions and and did all he could.. I was very impressed and happy to see them there doing thier job.. Just a big THANK YOU, to them.. Thanks..

[chefchris401]

guess they were in full force today checking peoples fish maybe after you called, saw 3 different people post pics on fb about it.

glad you called, there are still a few great epo/dem officers around. i have two that work in my area that are on speed dial, and they always show up promptly

[Slipknot]

I saw them drive by later on after we spoke. I also saw a small bass floating by heading west

thanks for calling

[Goose]

snitches get stitches

[iamskippy]

They should police that area during the more agressive fish runs, they should put up a station @ a few places like the googan run and routinely patrol it, the money the state could make would save us from paying for licenses
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[WESTPORTMAFIA]

It doesn't help that the workers from the guard shack building tell people pushing the pier that they can keep any fish that they catch.
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[JohnnySaxatilis]

Nice. whats the EPO # please?
Reminds me, I pulled a Piemma last week and screamed at a boat for fishing in the west end he screwed pretty quick. It does work!

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by soups

I was fishing the canal, and noticed a couple of people 50' feet from me fishing bait. Not there 15 minutes, and 2 real short stripers are in there 5 gallon bucket. I yell over to them that they are short fish, but he says "I donts care, I be eating dem". I called the EPO'S #, and to my surprise they were there in 20 minutes. As soon as the boys saw the EPO drive by, they dumped the dead fish. he EPO went down and asked questions and and did all he could.. I was very impressed and happy to see them there doing thier job.. Just a big THANK YOU, to them.. Thanks..

Wonder had you taken a bunch of cell phone pictures that would have been enough for the epos to write them up ?

[BatesBCheatin]

Wish more of us would grow some balls and call more of these scumbags out. Nice job. I've been done with the 'turn a blind eye' mindset for a few years now. Poachers suck.


For those interested, the EPO number I have is 800-632-8075. It gets you though to the EPO dispatcher. FTR, I 'usually' give the offender a chance to do the right thing - if possible.

Originally Posted by soups

I was fishing the canal, and noticed a couple of people 50' feet from me fishing bait. Not there 15 minutes, and 2 real short stripers are in there 5 gallon bucket. I yell over to them that they are short fish, but he says "I donts care, I be eating dem". I called the EPO'S #, and to my surprise they were there in 20 minutes. As soon as the boys saw the EPO drive by, they dumped the dead fish. he EPO went down and asked questions and and did all he could.. I was very impressed and happy to see them there doing thier job.. Just a big THANK YOU, to them.. Thanks..

[soups]

Originally Posted by Goose

snitches get stitches

ANYTIME.. I'M TOO OLD, BUT I SEEM TO HAVE A FEW PEOPLE TO TAKE YOU ON. IDIOT.
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[numbskull]

The sad thing about these sort of threads is that there is so much anger about some one breaking the law and keeping short fish, when legally killing and keeping large fish does more harm to the fishery.

If you are upset about someone breaking a law, fine.
If you are upset about someone hurting the fishery and release the large breeder fish you catch, fine.
If you are upset about someone hurting the fishery, yet keep the largest fish you catch, you need to re-examine your own actions.

[1dozenraw]

Originally Posted by numbskull

The sad thing about these sort of threads is that there is so much anger about some one breaking the law and keeping short fish, when legally killing and keeping large fish does more harm to the fishery.

If you are upset about someone breaking a law, fine.
If you are upset about someone hurting the fishery and release the large breeder fish you catch, fine.
If you are upset about someone hurting the fishery, yet keep the largest fish you catch, you need to re-examine your own actions.

So why not make that a separate thread and a second and separate issue. Keeping shorts is not OK. It's that simple.

[iamskippy]

Originally Posted by soups

ANYTIME.. I'M TOO OLD, BUT I SEEM TO HAVE A FEW PEOPLE TO TAKE YOU ON. IDIOT.
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WOW!
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[LINESIDES]

Sorry! I disagree with this statement.
The sad thing about these sort of threads is that there is so much anger about someone breaking the law and keeping short fish, when legally killing and keeping large fish does more harm to the fishery.

To each his own I say. Thats what fishing is all about!!!

For the other poster EPO are the Environmental Police!
I appreciate the EPO number posted.
One must remember that the shortages of Stripers in the past was due to this.
People eat them!!!
It was always a way of life up north here to be under some kind of regulation.
One fish limit, two fish limit. Protect a particular size class of Striper.
Being that said it was always sad to send the short and legal size fish back so that down south of us we had folks who were grandfathered in to net them at 16 inches an up and take all they wanted.
I have seen a boat when I was fishing from shore take some 30 plus undersize fish. I hollered out to them only to have them respond by giving me the finger.
This was before EPO days. This was also in the days when the fish were in great danger. I called the game wardens and was told they, due to under staffing and time constraints no one could come.
I gave them the boat numbers and was told it wouldn’t do any good.
Every race no matter which one knowingly, illegally take shorts.
I say don’t warn them! Burn them and burn them hard.
I still don’t think this presents a danger to the fish as much as the seals are doing.
This is the present and future danger to the fish today.
Folks think they are cute. Whites think they taste good. But than Whites think everything with blood pumping through it taste good.
This is a quote from the link below.
: It is widely known that seals eat between 6%-8% of their body weight in fish per day. Which doesn’t seem like all that much. Now let’s scale it a bit. How much fish will 10,000 seals eat in a day? Well, if those 10,000 seals weigh 500 pounds each, they would consume 350,000 lbs. of fish per day or 2.45 million pounds of fish per week.
How many pounds of fish does a seal eat per day? - CapeLinks Cape CodHow many pounds of fish does a seal eat per day? - CapeLinks Cape Cod
Don’t ticket them fine them! It’s the only way they will adhere to the law.
Second offence make it stiffer and harsher.

[bloocrab]

Originally Posted by Goose

snitches get stitches

You're in trouble now!!!

[Goose]

Soups....its all good, didn't mean to ruffle anyone's feathers...I just always wanted to say that.

Peace out

[N.ShoreFisher]

Originally Posted by Goose

snitches get stitches

Way to lead by example. I would love to see some jack off poacher try to give me stitches for doing the right thing. I call out every person I see with undersized fish. Some don't realize, some lie, but none of them worry me when it comes to retribution. Being a real man means doing the right thing, not sending the message that it's ok to instill fear. This is supposed to be one of the last "sports" that has any dignity. Sorry, but grow up!!

[Mike P]

Lighten up. You guys don't know Goose. I do. It was a #^&#^&#^&#^&ing joke, for crissakes.

[Hookedagain]

sounds like Goose struck a nerve. LOL some people don't appreciate good humor. Well, it made me chuckle Goose.

[soups]

Originally Posted by Goose

Soups....its all good, didn't mean to ruffle anyone's feathers...I just always wanted to say that.

Peace out

It just struck a nerve. No offense.. I was just spouting off.

[soups]

I just want to thank eeveryone for the positive replies.. Just tired of trying to do the corrct thing, and getting laughed at. I'm old enough to remember the moratorium.. It really sucked.. Just looking out for you young kids.. PT...

[bart]

Originally Posted by Mike P

Lighten up. You guys don't know Goose. I do. It was a #^&#^&#^&#^&ing joke, for crissakes.

How would you expect the new people on the site to know this?

[JohnnySaxatilis]

Originally Posted by soups

I just want to thank eeveryone for the positive replies.. Just tired of trying to do the corrct thing, and getting laughed at. I'm old enough to remember the moratorium.. It really sucked.. Just looking out for you young kids.. PT...

no good deed goes unpunished. good to see you bums today, and you mike. and by bums i mean andy and moose

[tysdad115]

Originally Posted by JohnnySaxatilis

no good deed goes unpunished. good to see you bums today, and you mike. and by bums i mean andy and moose

Says the guy sporting a boys regular haircut...
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[JohnR]

Good call - next time results might change.

If you see them taking shorts call it in. Don't go all vigilante.

Hi Goose

[Swimmer]

Was this Saturday morning capeside? If so I saw the EPO's arrive, drive by then come back up and stop across the way. Good job.

[piemma]

Originally Posted by bart

How would you expect the new people on the site to know this?

"New people? new people? We don't need no stinking new people!"

Let's see how many new people don't know that's a joke

[Jackbass]

Originally Posted by tysdad115

Says the guy sporting a boys regular haircut...
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I heard he wants to start dating prude girls lol.

It's nice to know the EPO's are nearby sometimes. Regardless of how you feel about the regs they are there for a reason
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[fishbones]

I called them a few weeks ago on a guy who had 3 fish on a stringer in the water at his feet. At least one of the fish was clearly short of legal, nevemind having more than he could legally keep and having them on a stringer. I gave the EPO the exact location, including pole # and they said they were gonna send someone right down. I didn't stick around to see if they showed, but a little while later I called the CG on a boat that was fishing right out in the middle of the canal. They said they were going to send somone out, but I didn't see anything for at least 20 minutes while the douche kept setting up his drifts.

[tysdad115]

Originally Posted by soups

ANYTIME.. I'M TOO OLD, BUT I SEEM TO HAVE A FEW PEOPLE TO TAKE YOU ON. IDIOT.
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Anyone that knows Soups knows he's harmless and dedicated to trying to help protect the striper species. He has helped me and others learn. It seems like he even goes as far as removing hooks from his lures in order to not catch. I see his post was in capital letters, I assure you he was not "yelling" he just needs huge font for his old weary eyes to see at 4:30 in the morning, I for one was happy to see him posting without insulting me in some way. But that came later in the thread..so if your out there somewhere and see some decrepid old guy with PERFECT hair not catching fish , say hi to him. But speak loudly, his hearing aint what it used to be since the Cher concert tour he went on.