Originally Posted By: jgreen
So they called me back. While I was wrong, so was the officer. They had more than a couple calls for clarification after people interacted with officers. The officers have since been corrected.

I was wrong. No big deal. So was the officer. I find when new rules are adopted there is confusion.

I asked about the pontoon thing. You can’t be “in your boat” which includes standing with your feet on gravel and the boat resting on your legs you can’t be using your boat at all. They said that you’d likely be corrected and not ticketed for it...the first time, it’s an officer discretion issue. If they think it’s giving you an unfair advantage they might ticket you.

In an email “if you are using rod holders on the boat but standing on the bank it is still considered “fishing from a floating device” as per the new regulation.

Non of that affects me usually as I’m on the bank most of the time.

Look. I asked, they told me...I was wrong and they needed to get clarification. I’m willing to admit it. Glad it’s clear now. Jeez people. I’ve had to pull out my phone or book before and correct officers. It happens. They don’t always know the rules. I’ve also been unaware of new rules and emergency changes and been graciously told to correct myself without receiving a ticket. It does get hard to keep track of every single rule and regulation and the entire language of the pamphlet.


Go ahead. Ticket me. When you're standing on the bottom and your craft is floating behind you, you aren't fishing from a floating device, you're standing on the bottom. The way the reg is written says you can do it and I don't give a flying fvck if they say you can't.

I don't have or use a pontoon any more, but when I did, we fished the Wyoochee above the 7400 line pretty frequently. The "no fishing from a floating device" rule was in effect there years ago. We would regularly stand on bottom with the toon floating behind us, make some casts. jump back in the seat, float down a ways, and then do it again. The gamies watched this section like a hawk and dished out tickets left and right - but they wouldn't hassle you about fishing like that. The warden that checked me a couple times put it this way - "Are your feet on the bottom? Then you aren't fishing from a floating device - by definition."

Region 6 needs to get it squared away. Their job isn't to harass people or make gray out of black and white. This crap pisses me off even if it won't affect me personally.


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