Thread: Make Someones Day

We give away lots of fish also. However let me point out something that many folks don't think about when giving away fish. This post reminded me of an incident which happened five years ago. My son (blue thunder) was snagging catfish at Pendleton one day and struck up a conversation with a very nice elderly black gentleman who was unable to fish but liked to watch. The gentleman asked David if he could have one of the cats he was catching for his supper that night. David kindly obliged with four nice catfish what ran about 5-6 lbs each and even gave him a stringer to put them on and tied it to a rock. Within five minutes David felt someone tapping him on the shoulder and turned around to see the local game warden. David tried to strike up a friendly conversation but the game warden was more interested in whether David had actually in fact given that older guy "those fish on that other stringer". David said he sure did and that he was glad he could help the old fellow out with a few fish. The next question was whether or not David had given the guy "written permission" to have those fish! David stated "I didn't know I was supposed to". Well, Mr. Greenjeans gave both David AND the older man tickets for the incident. It cost David $225. and I am sure the same amount for the older guy. That was around five years ago and David was so embarassed by the incident he wouldn't tell me about it and I had to find out six months later by accident. That left a bad taste in his mouth and as far as I know that was the last time he ever went snagging at Pendleton Lock and Dam. It used to be one of his favorite things to do and I wondered for six months why he wouldn't go snagging any more (he even had an electric reel on one of his Fenwick snagging rods). Rest assurred that if an Arkansas Game and Fish officer witnessed you giving those sweet little old ladies those fish there would have been three tickets written if those ladies could not produce the written documentation proving lawful ownership of those fish! We live in a great state and a wonderful paradise of fishing and hunting but know also that we have a bunch of agfc busybodies just waiting to write any ticket they can any way they can. Those folks don't make judgement calls....it's ALL about the tickets and getting our Money! It left a bad taste in my mouth also and to this day I do what is required to be within the game and fish laws and no more.

Great Story Billy, yer a real sweetheart. LOL

Thanks for the reminder luvpt.

billy, those nice ladies were still fishing away when me and my dad got back to the ramp. sure was nice meeting you yesterday....and thanks for them meatgetters. gonna have to get a few of them for myself. we need to get with ck101 and make us a run sometime...

Well, luvpt, you must have the biggest black cloud over you that ever was. Seems like you always have the worst luck with green jeans. Sorry to hear that. I've never had a cross second with them. Good luck with your outdoor endeavors. Sounds like you need it.

I just gotta ask, where were y'all fishin Billy?

No clouds over me Jigslinger! And if you read the post you would have known that it wasn't me who was having the tough luck with "green jeans". I was just giving an example of how the game wardens of this state treat our senior citizens. Disgraceful!! BTW, I've never had a cross second with them either...and hope I don't. They just don't have my respect and I think in a lot of ways they do the state of Arkansas a disservice. What about trying to catch the slick folks with the nets seining Crappie out of some of our best oxbows and selling them? That's too much work....better to concentrate on the easy picking's. Also, don't worry yourself too much about my outdoor endeavors. Sounds like you're the one that might need some help??

Originally Posted by jigflinger

Well, luvpt, you must have the biggest black cloud over you that ever was. Seems like you always have the worst luck with green jeans. Sorry to hear that. I've never had a cross second with them. Good luck with your outdoor endeavors. Sounds like you need it.

Originally Posted by luvpt

No clouds over me Jigslinger! And if you read the post you would have known that it wasn't me who was having the tough luck with "green jeans". I was just giving an example of how the game wardens of this state treat our senior citizens. Disgraceful!! BTW, I've never had a cross second with them either...and hope I don't. They just don't have my respect and I think in a lot of ways they do the state of Arkansas a disservice. What about trying to catch the slick folks with the nets seining Crappie out of some of our best oxbows and selling them? That's too much work....better to concentrate on the easy picking's. Also, don't worry yourself too much about my outdoor endeavors. Sounds like you're the one that might need some help??

My outdoor endeavors are just fine, thank you. I've hunted and fished in MO,AR and MS for 40 years and have never had such experiences. From what you just wrote it should be very clear to you why the WO's won't cut anyone any slack in SE Ar. Sounds like you have personal knowledge of these practices by these individuals. Have you ever reported them. If not, then you, my friend, are part of the problem. Just maybe the WO's are aware of this and aren't getting any cooperation from the public. As a citizen, you have the obligation to report any violations. If we all work together, we can make this a better place to hunt and fish. Just letting it happen and expecting(demanding) that others do something is simply rediculous. You mentioned several examples of what you consider wrong. Could they have been handled better? Probably. No argument. But to say that the WO's are picking on people is ludicrous. Have you ever gotten to know any of the WO's in the counties where you work? If you do, you might find out that they are people just like you that have a tough job to do. I dare you to try it for 1 year.

Let's just agree to disagree on the WO.