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#931295 - 06/03/15 09:54 AM Help sought to ID person after theft from hatchery
ovrez Offline
Egg

Registered: 10/31/04
Posts: 4
Loc: gold bar wa
Dozens of rainbow trout destined for a Whatcom County kids fishing derby were plucked from a hatchery last month by one or more poachers.
Now the state Department of Fish & Wildlife is asking for the public’s help in identifying a person seen on camera entering the remote hatchery with a fishing pole and departing with a string of fish.
“He seems to be the main person I’d like to identify,” said Fish & Wildlife Officer Ryan Valentine.
The pond off the Nooksack’s middle fork doesn’t have signs to let people know fishing there is illegal, but it’s obviously a hatchery, Valentine said.
People must walk past a locked gate; the pond has nets to keep birds from taking the fish.
Besides, fishing in ponds is illegal in the state.
The rainbow trout headed for the derby in mid-May were 2 to 2 1/2 pounds, said Todd Rightmire, an agriculture instructor with the Mount Baker School District who runs the hatchery with the help of students and volunteers.
Though it’s difficult to know for sure, Rightmire estimates 100 fish were taken during the current hatchery project.
“It was pretty upsetting,” Rightmire said of the thefts. The Mount Baker students put in a lot of time at the hatchery, working there a few times a week, including after school and on weekends.
“They’re probably more mad than I was,” Rightmire said of his students.
“We’re raising these for kids, and for kids to enjoy the outdoors,” Rightmire said. “You get people that are pretty selfish and looking at is as, ‘Hey, free fish.’”
Once the person in the camera shot is identified, Valentine plans to interview him. The penalty for stealing fish depends on the severity and can range from a ticket to a misdemeanor crime.
Anyone who recognizes the person is asked to email Ryan.Valentine@dfw.wa.gov or call the Fish & Wildlife Mill Creek office at 425-775-1311.




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#931301 - 06/03/15 10:55 AM Re: Help sought to ID person after theft from hatchery [Re: ovrez]
RB3 Offline
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Registered: 08/24/10
Posts: 1383
Don't know him, but you can clearly see that he is a mouth breather.

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#931342 - 06/03/15 08:43 PM Re: Help sought to ID person after theft from hatchery [Re: ]
Steelheadman Offline
River Nutrients

Registered: 03/15/99
Posts: 4214
Loc: Poulsbo, WA,USA
Originally Posted By: Fish Prince
Originally Posted By: RB3
Don't know him, but you can clearly see that he is a mouth breather.


Speaking of mouth breathers, he looks like the guy who used to post on this board under the name Abu Loomis.


No Abu is Reef Skunk and moved to Hawaii. Better go investigate the posters from Whatcom.
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#931364 - 06/04/15 07:21 AM Re: Help sought to ID person after theft from hatchery [Re: ovrez]
WDFW X 1 = 0 Offline
My Area code makes me cooler than you

Registered: 01/27/15
Posts: 4549
Nice trout rod.

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#931374 - 06/04/15 09:30 AM Re: Help sought to ID person after theft from hatchery [Re: ovrez]
WDFW X 1 = 0 Offline
My Area code makes me cooler than you

Registered: 01/27/15
Posts: 4549
Looking right at the camera proves he is ................................

?????????

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#931378 - 06/04/15 10:48 AM Re: Help sought to ID person after theft from hatchery [Re: ovrez]
NickD90 Offline
Shooting Instructor for hire

Registered: 10/26/10
Posts: 7260
Loc: Snohomish, WA
Only a ticket or a misdemeanor crime?

C'mon this is a premeditated class B felony theft (over $5K) and felony trespassing. I guarantee you the state spent more than $5K in aggregate to raise those fish.

If this is how they are planning to handle it, then let's all go fishing! The ticket is probably cheaper than the price per lb. at market! crazy Morans...
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#931379 - 06/04/15 10:50 AM Re: Help sought to ID person after theft from hatchery [Re: ovrez]
WDFW X 1 = 0 Offline
My Area code makes me cooler than you

Registered: 01/27/15
Posts: 4549
The manor he is banishing that rod is very aggressive.

I say it should be death by game warden.

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#931381 - 06/04/15 10:55 AM Re: Help sought to ID person after theft from hatchery [Re: ovrez]
TanTastic84 Offline
Juvenile at Sea

Registered: 10/21/11
Posts: 182
Loc: Seattle, WA
Gotta love trail cams!!!

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#931394 - 06/04/15 01:44 PM Re: Help sought to ID person after theft from hatchery [Re: ovrez]
fishbadger Offline
Repeat Spawner

Registered: 03/06/01
Posts: 1194
Loc: Gig Harbor, WA
Great picture!

I'd also post this on other area bulletin boards. . .Gamefishin.com, ifish, NW Lakes, etc.

Somebody knows these guys!

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#931396 - 06/04/15 01:46 PM Re: Help sought to ID person after theft from hatchery [Re: ovrez]
5 * General Evo Offline
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Registered: 03/29/14
Posts: 6825
seriously, a bobber in a hatch tank?


he probably fishes the Skok....
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#931399 - 06/04/15 01:54 PM Re: Help sought to ID person after theft from hatchery [Re: ovrez]
AP a.k.a. Kaiser D Offline
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Registered: 01/31/02
Posts: 4533
Loc: B'ham
I was told they turned themselves in.

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#931408 - 06/04/15 03:36 PM Re: Help sought to ID person after theft from hatchery [Re: ovrez]
WDFW X 1 = 0 Offline
My Area code makes me cooler than you

Registered: 01/27/15
Posts: 4549
Damn 206ers.

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#931411 - 06/04/15 03:42 PM Re: Help sought to ID person after theft from hatchery [Re: WDFW X 1 = 0]
bob r Offline
Returning Adult

Registered: 04/17/13
Posts: 289
Originally Posted By: WDFW X 1 = 0
Damn 206ers.


Yes, it' really great to live in an area (Greys Harbor) where no poaching goes on. Sure. Bob R

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#931467 - 06/05/15 12:58 PM Re: Help sought to ID person after theft from hatchery [Re: ovrez]
ovrez Offline
Egg

Registered: 10/31/04
Posts: 4
Loc: gold bar wa
WDFW told me they know who he is and is dealing with it

thanks to all smile



Edited by ovrez (06/05/15 12:59 PM)

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#931468 - 06/05/15 01:29 PM Re: Help sought to ID person after theft from hatchery [Re: bob r]
fish4brains Offline
Dah Rivah Stinkah Pink Mastah

Registered: 08/23/06
Posts: 6866
Loc: zipper
Originally Posted By: bob r
Originally Posted By: WDFW X 1 = 0
Damn 206ers.


Yes, it' really great to live in an area (Greys Harbor) where no poaching goes on. Sure. Bob R


Grays Harbor?
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#931493 - 06/05/15 08:10 PM Re: Help sought to ID person after theft from hatchery [Re: fish4brains]
bob r Offline
Returning Adult

Registered: 04/17/13
Posts: 289
Originally Posted By: fish4brains
Originally Posted By: bob r
Originally Posted By: WDFW X 1 = 0
Damn 206ers.


Yes, it' really great to live in an area (Greys Harbor) where no poaching goes on. Sure. Bob R


Grays Harbor?


Sorry, brain spaz in the spelling dept. bob r

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