Very Pleasant Experiance

I had a couple of free days this weekend so I ran down to Grenada to pull some cranks. Well the fishing wasn't great but we did catch some. We fished until about 12:00 Monday and headed back to Grenada Landing. There were several Fish and Wildlife agents at the ramp. I knew immediately we would get checked. As we pulled out, Mr. Carver motioned me over to the side. He walked up and shook my hand and introduced himself. I have spoken with him in the past and always had a good experience with him. He asked if we did any good. I told him we only caught a few keeper crappie along with a ton of catfish, white bass and goo's. He asked if I minded if he checked my fish. "Absolutely, help yourself." He boarded my boat and checked my livewell. Since I only kept fish 13 inches or bigger, he didn't bother measuring them. He checked our fishing licenses and thanked me again, shook my hand and went on to the next boat. I've been checked a dozen time at other lakes but none have been nicer than Officer Carver. Good job Mississippi Fish and Game.

Super nice guy, will be a loss when he retires

Good to hear people saying something good about our Game Wardens. They are just doing their jobs just like we do ours. That's what we all pay them to do and without them there would be nothing left to hunt and fish for. If you don't believe this check back in history were almost all the game was hunted to near extinction here in Mississippi. Thanks for your post Speck and no I am no Game Warden I just respect them and their jobs.

They are the good guys!

Good job fishermen, good job possum cop...that's how it should work.

What Scrat said..

He is a great guy! But, in my 50 something years of hunting and fishing, I have never had a bad experience with a GW! They have all been super nice! You treat them with the respect they deserve, they will treat you better. They have a tough job and they do it the best they can. Thanks to all the Game Wardens out there!

Yep he checked us at about 1230 like you we only had four keepers no slimmers though. He was just as nice as he could be. It was like shift change around there, fishing boats out, pleasure craft in. Great day to be on the lake.

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last year i got stuck in upper sardis, called the game and fish and in about a hour here comes a boat with two wardens. they pulled us out of the shallow water and saw my pee tube was stopped up with mud. drug us to the bank, took the tube off, cleaned it out and followed us back to the ramp.. good guys, don't remember their exact name but i think one of them was pat. great guys, saved our day...

Good to hear. Thanks for sharing.


But he didn't say anything to you like: "Speck did it"

I've never had a bad experience with any of the Sippi wardens. Been checked numerous times and all were nice and friendly. Just doing their jobs like we all do ours.

I did have a friend put a 12 1/8 in the ice and it shrank to 11 7/8. He got a ticket, but the warden flipped the fish over trying to make it legal. Wasn't the wardens fault the fish shrank and my friend gladly paid the fine. I told him the fish would be short if it was on ice, but he didn't listen. He learned a good lesson and took his punishment like he should have. The GW was courteous and friendly the whole time, and I think he honestly wanted to help the guy out by flipping the fish over to see if it would make it on the opposite side. Yes, some fish will be longer on one side than the other.

Good thing he didn't check the washing machine in the back of your truck.

Ps this story is all fake. No way Speck
Would come to town without buying me lunch. Cause that would be in poor form.

Wannabe...

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Originally Posted by Wannabe...

Good thing he didn't check the washing machine in the back of your truck.

Ps this story is all fake. No way Speck
Would come to town without buying me lunch. Cause that would be in poor form.

Wannabe...

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I was gunna call you but I sure hated to bother you over the holiday weekend and all.