Would any of you do anything in this situation.............

Last two times I have been to Grenada, on two different occasions, I saw a single fisherman pass buy, one had SIX poles out, the other was fishing with 5. I hate to see anyone flagrantly breaking the rules, especially when it comes to fishing our Big 4. Mavbe they werent aware of the rules, I don't know. I decided not to say anything, but when one tried to start a conversation, i did not answer and pretended not to hear. This kind of stuff just burns me up, especially when I go out of my way to abide by the rules. What would you all do in these instances? And, before anyone jumps to conclusions, no, it wasn't wb!

I'd tell em what the rules were--maybe they just weren't aware-no excuse--but you know how that goes

You would think by now WB should know better.

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Originally Posted by KDAVID1

I'd tell em what the rules were--maybe they just weren't aware-no excuse--but you know how that goes

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Ignorance is no excuse of the law. I made a special point to refresh myself of the rules before I left to go up there yesterday. I'll call them on it...

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Originally Posted by E-Z Poleholder

Ignorance is no excuse of the law. I made a special point to refresh myself of the rules before I left to go up there yesterday. I'll call them on it...

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EZ, one incident was yesterday...........guy fishing close to ya'll in a jon boat.........you see him?

Yikess and I saw a guy fishing Grenada a couple of years ago with 5 or 6 poles out. We trolled by him and told him the lake limit was 3. He just smiled and waved at us and kept fishing. At that point, I didn't care if he got a ticket.

I told a guy at enid once it was 5 poles and not 6. He said it was ok and they didnt care and anyways he liked have 3 on one rack and 3 on the other cause it evened out his spread.

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Originally Posted by duckhunter

EZ, one incident was yesterday...........guy fishing close to ya'll in a jon boat.........you see him?

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I saw a guy in a small boat but never got close enough to see what he had or what he was doing. I'm not blaming u for not chastising him, even tho he needed it. U never know what he was carrying, maybe just get his number and report it. I'd rather u do that than read about u, or c u on the 6 o'clock news.
If these people keep violating the law like that, the rest of us will suffer in the long run.

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Originally Posted by KDAVID1

I'd tell em what the rules were--maybe they just weren't aware-no excuse--but you know how that goes

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I think these guys were local.

I would mind my own business.They will get what is coming to them.

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Originally Posted by duckhunter

Last two times I have been to Grenada, on two different occasions, I saw a single fisherman pass buy, one had SIX poles out, the other was fishing with 5. I hate to see anyone flagrantly breaking the rules, especially when it comes to fishing our Big 4. Mavbe they werent aware of the rules, I don't know. I decided not to say anything, but when one tried to start a conversation, i did not answer and pretended not to hear. This kind of stuff just burns me up, especially when I go out of my way to abide by the rules. What would you all do in these instances? And, before anyone jumps to conclusions, no, it wasn't wb!

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Well, my sweet wife made promise I would not confront anyone out in the middle of the lake, so I promised. She says there are too many crazies out there. If u can get their number, get it, report it, otherwise they may never get what's comin to them until judgement day.

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Originally Posted by Big C

I would mind my own business.They will get what is coming to them.

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those were my exact thoughts, lol.

I have the game wardens # in my phone along with the park rangers for Sardis, Enid and Grenada. Would have said something to the person about it and if he/she didnt comply , The phone will come out and the call will be made.

in my home state of s.c. their is no laws for the number of rods you can use in the boat as long as ever one has a license"s on the boat. i run up to 12 rods if i have a partner if not i use 6 to 8 rods. but get this if you bank fish all a fisherman can use is 2 that's 2 per license holder if not 1 pole per fisherman .

So do yall get tag numbers of folks driving too fast and report them too???????? Number of poles dont bother me, over the limit in fish numbers is another thing tho. To each their own, ifn they get caught they will pay and from what I have heard about up at Sardis it is a pretty hefty fine.
Fishing with a buddy one day and he thought the folks close to us were keeping short fish, bothered him too. Didnt bother me as long as the ones in my box were legal.

I am gonna mind my own business for sure. To many NUTS out there. If someone gets caught it will be their fault , not mine. Revenge from them might just cost me something. If I don't say squat then , not my problem. They will get caught sooner or later.

Yep. I am going to mind my own business. Like someone above me said, once you start reporting or confronting folks for stuff like that, where does it stop?

I fish grenada frequently and it's quite common there pr at least i see it all the time in the spring especially and what people do doesn't bother me as long ad their not trying to be close enough to tie their boat to me

maybe like I was at Sardis my last trip , to used to fishing Enid . Having always rigged with four I fished about 3 hrs. with four . I thought about IT when a boat came by me fishing three . Have never used five at the lower lake or Enid . Geezer power is alive and well .:dono