Have you ever been busted

[sokinwet]

Back when I was a kid my dad and I were fishing Pleasant Bay. We were getting some herring when a pickup came flying down the road beeping his horn and flashing his lights "Paul Revere" style. Me being a kid, I had no idea what was going on....kinda. Guess my dad did because we tried to get out of Dodge ASAP....didn't quite make it before the trailing police car pulled in front of us. Who'd have thought that "Run Closed" sign applied to a couple of guys trying to get bait. Well the cop looks in the livewell and proceeds to give my dad the business and tells him to put em all back. Everything was going OK until the officer rechecked and noticed that a couple had "accidentally" jumped under the center console and then things got serious. My dad played the "just trying to take the boy fishing" card to perfection and we escaped with a warning. Found out later from "Paul Revere" that the hot setup was to use a little teamwork..one guy as lookout...another tossing a cherry bomb under the bridge and another downstream with a net....Gone in 60 Seconds.

I won't mention the Winnie bass boat vs. marine patrol thing...Who'd have thought that speed limit sign applied to a couple of guys late for weigh-in! ;-)

[saltfly]

Digging seaworms on the southside of Moon I. in Quincy [1980].I had a city permit but not a state permit.Came in by boat with a buddy.We were digging about an hour and getting some monster worms.I look up and this guy in green is zig-zaging accross the flat towards us.Then I notice the flash of a badge on his chest.I tell my friend it's ok I've got a permit.We continue digging as he gets closer.He's screaming like a madman at us so we stop and wait for him.We go round and round and he's fuming.I'm supposd to have a state contaminated digging permit."The city didn't tell me" when I got the permit.Anyway we have to drop the worms and he's going to impound the boat and gear.We go round and round again.As we're arguing I notice the tide is starting to come in.I don't say anything and start to apologize for yelling back and he eases up and says you be recieving citataions in the mail [boat reg #'s to appear in court].We push the boat off the flat and back off.He turns around to go back to Moon I.The tide came in behind him and he's got lowcut leather boots on.Now he looks back at us and we just wave bye-bye.He had to walk through some spots up to his knees and you could hear him most of the way back.About a month later I get a bunch of citations in the mail with the wrong spelling of my name and reg# of the boat.I never appeared in court and never heard about it again.I'll never forget his face when he turned around and looked at us as we waved bye-bye!!!!!.

[eastendlu]

In my youth i was too quick or to lucky now i am old and slow so i keep my nose clean.