Being checked on the water

[slabeye]

I was just wondering if anyone has ever been told this while being check by the water patrol.

I was on Cumberland Wednesday he checked ever thing that could be check even going through every fish we had in the cooler. And then he told us (3 people was in the boat) that we were suppose to have a cooler for each of us to keep our fish in so he would know how many each one of us has got. keep in mind we only had 25 in the cooler at that time. Then he gave an example why.. he said if we had 2 walleyes in the cooler how would he know who's fish it was. why would it matter who's fish they were. I have been fishing all my life and i have never heard something so stupid.


So today i call fish and wildlife department and was told that she had never heard of that before.
so we email them also. the email they sent back was that if 3 people was fishing in the same boat
that you could us the same cooler to put all the fish in as long as there was not over 90 fish and everyone had 30.

all i can figure is he was wanting to give me a ticket and could find any wrong or he doesnt know his job.
not to mention he zigzagged around 5 other boats just to get to us. not stopping at any of the other boats.