Hi All,
Last week the sun came out, so I took my wife out to a local fishing dock to enjoy the evening. She put on some powerbait and set the pole in the rod holder, and got out a book. I tried casting a few different spoons. We’ve been here a few time and not seen any fish caught. Half an hour later, I reeled in my wife’s pole, and put on the garlic marshmallow and salmon egg combo and tossed it back out. She likes to fish and will take them off the hook, but she will not handle leeches, worms, salmon eggs, or anything else that’s ‘gross’.
About 15 mins later the game warden comes down to the dock and asks to check licenses. Fine, we both have them. He checks mine, ignores my wife, and says I’m fishing with TWO poles. She’s sitting right there, behind her pole the whole time! He goes back to his truck and 30 mins later comes out with a $91 ticket and tells me how lucky I am I didn’t catch any fish. WTF!

Can anyone explain this to me?

I moved here from Minnesota about a year ago, and have read the rule book cover to cover. And this is my first and only experience with the game warden here.

-Jake