Harassment

[BigFish]

Just keep fishing there just as you always have....he can go spit in his hat! Tell him to read the sign on HIS way out!

[piemma]

I have fished Deep Hole all my life and never had a problem. Must be a rookie. We talk with those guys all the time and have never had them say word one.

[Swimmer]

GOT JERK?

[Bill L]

You should not have had any issues, WTF is he even running your plates for? My guess is either a rookie, or maybe word came down from the top to crack down on surfers camping in the lot with the predicted swell. There has been a problem with them overunning the place when the surf is up. Two years ago (I think) the cops, at the prodding of some local surfcasters) were actually ticketing surfers because it is a fishing lot.

[kayaman]

I have also had a similar problem here on the south shore..... I have been told that I cannot fish in several areas that I have always fished... there are no signs... after one night I left without arguing with the officer(he had an attitude while first inquiring what I was doing, this changed after I said I would leave) several nights later I went to town meeting and questioned the selectmen on this and was told I have every right to fish there..... last week back at the same place... had no luck and was just leaving when a police car pulls up and shines spotlight in my eyes and asks what I was doing.... I informed him that I had just cast a line out to test the waters... he let me go without further questioning but as I was driving down 3A I turned on my scanner in time to hear my plate being run.... now I grew up in this town and to have my plate run and be questioned on what I was doing in a public place is getting me pissed.... fisherman are just not wanted by all the "new" residence that think the town is so quaint and new englandish.... damn, I can't stand folks that have no clue as to the history of the area and think it is for their pleasure and theirs alone.....

[Redsoxticket]

The police were just doing there job. There was no lost, you were still able to fish. It is not like he prevented or halted your fishing. What if he ran someone's plate to find out that it was the car seen to have stolen fishing equipment from cars from Watch Hill to Newport. Now you would be saying, the cops are doing a good job.

[MotoXcowboy]

fishermen are allowed but no surfers? Thats messed up..

Surfers pay taxes too.

[The Dad Fisherman]

We live in a different time now and EVERYBODY is a suspect. As long as you didn't do anything wrong there shouldn't be a problem running the plate. Just let them do ther job and chill out. Not for nothing but, Fishing rods on a rack or not, anybody sitting in a car in a parking lot at 3 AM looks suspicious. They're just doing their job.

If they don't run the plate and you turn out to be a 10 time DUI offender w/ a revoked license and you take out a school bus 1/2 hour later....then everybody wants to hang this cop out to dry because he could of had you before it ever happened.