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#250911 - 08/03/04 01:13 PM Poachers caught!
SloMoFishDad Smolt Registered: 01/25/04 Posts: 99 Loc: Everett, WA	http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/04/08/03/loc_poaching001.cfm Just read this article from the local paper that made my stomach turn. I hope they throw the book at these people. I can't understand how they thought they could get away with raping our natural resourse like this. They should lose their boat, license, equipment etc.....big fine and get lots of jail time. _________________________ 'Tis a strange and bewildering place. Often, a steelhead will take on the first cast, and at other times, one can beat the water to a froth and swear a fish was nowhere near. --Bob Heirman
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#250912 - 08/03/04 01:21 PM Re: Poachers caught!
Captain Q Spawner Registered: 02/04/00 Posts: 516 Loc: Seattle, WA	_________________________ "King Camp ain't for pussies" -FishRanger "I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day" - Frank Sinatra Trouble is the structural steel that goes into the building of character.
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#250913 - 08/03/04 02:21 PM Re: Poachers caught!
stlhd_dreaming Returning Adult Registered: 04/07/04 Posts: 393 Loc: maine	All the violations they have against these people in the past and still hold a commercial liscence that is messed up. _________________________ Just remember that people are giving there lives over seas when you start bickering about a photo of a fish out of water !!!!!!
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#250914 - 08/03/04 02:24 PM Re: Poachers caught!
Walkndadog Returning Adult Registered: 06/17/04 Posts: 313 Loc: South Sound	We should turn these people into crab bait! DOGOFF! _________________________ Soooo Laughing, Next.- Big Stick
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#250915 - 08/03/04 03:09 PM Re: Poachers caught!
cupo Repeat Spawner Registered: 06/18/03 Posts: 1041 Loc: north sound	This is the 12th commercial violation for one of the men. Exactly how many violations does it take before he loses his boat and license?
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#250916 - 08/03/04 04:18 PM Re: Poachers caught!
KerryS Juvenille at Sea Registered: 07/24/01 Posts: 149 Loc: Everett, WA	I wonder what would happen to one of us if we got caught poaching 12 times?
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#250917 - 08/03/04 04:51 PM Re: Poachers caught!
ET Returning Adult Registered: 11/21/01 Posts: 387 Loc: Tacoma	I just love this quote: "Meanwhile, commercial poaching won't affect recreational crabbing, Burton said." What an idiotic statement. Can anyone think of a way that it WON'T affect recreational crabbing?
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#250918 - 08/03/04 05:41 PM Re: Poachers caught!
STRIKE ZONE GOOD LUCK Registered: 08/09/00 Posts: 11969 Loc: Hobart,Wa U.S.A	They should throw the book at them.Good luck, STRIKE ZONE
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#250919 - 08/04/04 01:16 AM Re: Poachers caught!
SloMoFishDad Smolt Registered: 01/25/04 Posts: 99 Loc: Everett, WA	How many times does it take to get these people? There's something going on that's just not right which makes it possible for these idiots to even be on the water, much less to operate a commercial fishing vessel after so many offenses. Is it loop holes in the laws governing these guys? "Good lawyers"? A combo of both? I just don't get it! Like KerryS wonders, what if a recreational fisherman was caught poaching a dozen times. I doubt he'd be allowed anywhere near a fishery. As well he shouldn't. I wonder what these guy's peers think about the situation. I can't imagine they're too proud of their fellow crabber. He essentially took money out of their pockets and made them look bad. What do sportfishers get out of this type of deal? Shorter opennings and fewer limits I guess. We all take the hit in the end! $\:\($ _________________________ 'Tis a strange and bewildering place. Often, a steelhead will take on the first cast, and at other times, one can beat the water to a froth and swear a fish was nowhere near. --Bob Heirman
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#250921 - 08/04/04 12:18 PM Re: Poachers caught!
Fish Fossil Returning Adult Registered: 03/31/04 Posts: 331 Loc: Toledo Wa.	Give the guy the ax that my vote _________________________ Member Friends of the Cowlitz
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#250923 - 08/04/04 01:43 PM Re: Poachers caught!
stlhead River Nutrients Registered: 03/08/99 Posts: 6732	A sports fisher would have had his boat, truck and gear confiscated. _________________________ "You learn more from losing than you do from winning." Lou Pinella
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#250924 - 08/04/04 02:02 PM Re: Poachers caught!
Full Freezer Juvenille at Sea Registered: 01/02/03 Posts: 145 Loc: Mill Creek, WA	It's just another blantant double-standard as to laws that govern harvest & the enforcement of these laws designed to protect our resources when applied to commercial activities vs. sportsmen. Who are the judges that allowed him to retain his gear/vessel & especially LICENCE! These are the people who would look real pretty in a crab pot about 30 ft down!
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#250925 - 08/04/04 03:29 PM Re: Poachers caught!
F F F Returning Adult Registered: 12/03/01 Posts: 467 Loc: Kent	ooooooo, they're gunna get it!!! _________________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Occupation: I pet the fish.
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