Thread: Ok so who needs a license?

Thanks for clearing this up. We live in Arkansas and have folks come from up here come down.

We will either leave the poles in the boathouse or have them get a license.

Had a warden check me and the wife on Sardis when I was bass fishing had 2 poles up front with me with the tackle box. Only checked for my license. Told me if a pole would have been back there within her reach he would check her license. Long as you have riders I wouldn't worry with it. Keep the business in the back of the boat and the party in the front of the boat.

Same here "hotrod1" I have never experience a problem with this in the past 40 years in Mississippi, I can't count the number of times I been fishing with my wife in the boat and a warden comes by and only ask me for my licenses. She does not fish but does enjoy riding in the boat.

multiple rods in holders...GW cant tell who is fishing or not....four people in boat 8 rods out

One time on Greer's ferry got checked. Gave them my license. He said " funny, you don't look like a Teresa". I had her license in my wallet. Kept looking for mine and he said ok if she has herd you surely have yours. Next day I was rigging a rod with new line and they thought they had someone fishing without a license. They could see I was just putting line on a reel but were being sneaky. I reminded them they checked us the prior day and they went on their way.

It is the same in Alabama. I have some friends that have a place on Pickwick at Sunset Beach just east of the Natchez Trace bridge. I never buy an Alabama license when we go down there because they wont sell anything less than a 7 day and there is really nowhere to fish for crappie on that part of the lake/river. When I take the boat I will drive all the way to the Rose Trail that runs along Bear Creek and put in at the Colbert county ramp because that area is part of the reciprocal agreement between Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama. I was told that if I went by boat from their dock to Bear Creek to fish and got stopped by the warden outside of where the reciprocal agreement ends then I could get a ticket if they found any tackle in the boat.

I had a few run-ins with those cops on Spring River back in my younger days. One time the guy had waders on and was standing in the middle of the river fishing, I don't even remember what the violation was but he saw a friend of mine do something and snatched him right out of his canoe and then pulled his badge out of his tackle fanny pack and told him he was under arrest.

Originally Posted by BigKyd

I had a few run-ins with those cops on Spring River back in my younger days. One time the guy had waders on and was standing in the middle of the river fishing, I don't even remember what the violation was but he saw a friend of mine do something and snatched him right out of his canoe and then pulled his badge out of his tackle fanny pack and told him he was under arrest.

Sounds like that warden was a keeper... a good snatching goes over better then a talking to anyhow... Lol