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Illegal Immigration
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier ^ | Sat 5/3/08 | AP

Posted on 05/03/2008 7:24:04 AM PDT by campg

Saturday, May 3, 2008 6:38 AM CDT Postville men arrested, charged with 27 fishing violations WEST UNION (AP) --- Three men have been arrested and charged with 27 fishing violations after using beer cans to catch trout from a northeastern Iowa creek.

Authorities say an off-duty Fayette County deputy noticed suspicious fishing activity at Glovers Creek trout stream earlier this week. He called the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

DNR officials accuse the three men of illegally tying fishing lines to empty beer cans, then dragging the cans with the catch to shore. Authorities seized the trout, illegal fishing lines, rods and reels, beer and a van with Wisconsin license plates.

Authorities say the men were not U.S. citizens and that immigration officials were notified.

Officials say the men had been living in Postville.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: aliens; dnr; fishing; freepun; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; iowa
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Illegal immigrants not only harm the environment, but keep our law enforcement/DNR Agencies busy. Jim Robinson is a hero and we all owe him a lot. Illegal immigration effects us all including rural midwest farm country.
1 posted on 05/03/2008 7:24:04 AM PDT by campg
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"... tying fishing lines to empty beer cans, then dragging the cans with the catch to shore."

Kudos to anyone who can 'splain this. Trout like beer? 'Sup?

*Notepad at the ready*

2 posted on 05/03/2008 7:28:39 AM PDT by Enosh (†)
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To: Enosh

Trout get thirsty too!


3 posted on 05/03/2008 7:29:47 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: campg

Beer can trout fishing? Hmm, I wonder where these foreign folks learned that method? Must be those crazy Norwegians.


4 posted on 05/03/2008 7:30:31 AM PDT by Sender ("Why is it that I can't just eat my waffle?" - Barack Hussein Obama)
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5 posted on 05/03/2008 7:31:55 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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I suspect the empty beer cans were being used as floats, with multiple lines hanging below. That way one can lie back and wait for a can to move.

Sort of like a tiny version of the barrels in Jaws. "He can't go down with three Bud cans on him."

6 posted on 05/03/2008 7:32:21 AM PDT by Sender ("Why is it that I can't just eat my waffle?" - Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: Enosh

Sounds like they were using trot lines instead of a single hook and line.


7 posted on 05/03/2008 7:32:22 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Carbon is the fifth most abundant element on the planet.)
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To: campg

*gasp* What kind of sick psychopath violates a fish?!


8 posted on 05/03/2008 7:32:32 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Code Pink should guard against creating stereotypes in the Mincing Community." --Titan Magroyne)
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I’m bumping this one until somebody explains beer can fishing.


9 posted on 05/03/2008 7:32:36 AM PDT by Poser (Willing to fight for oil)
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To: campg
Well they certainly are enterprising.
10 posted on 05/03/2008 7:33:51 AM PDT by Mark was here (The earth is bipolar.)
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Its all right there in the Mexican Gov’t issued pamphlet “Illegal Migrant living in the US on $3 a day”.
11 posted on 05/03/2008 7:34:49 AM PDT by MCCRon58 (Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who do neither, criticize.)
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>>>*Notepad at the ready* <<<

Mine too! Nobody ever accused these illegals of being dumb - just illegal. Catching trout with beer cans shows signs of higher intelligence.

Ain't diversity wonderful.....?

12 posted on 05/03/2008 7:36:42 AM PDT by HardStarboard (Take No Prisoners - We're Out Of Qurans)
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Very few Americans know the seriousness of fishing laws: one can have their vehicle confiscated and auctioned off for catching and keeping one fish that is of an illegal size.
These guys were illegals and had no idea what they were doing was illegal. They’ll be deported for this, while illegals that feed themselves by robbing and killing people will be put back out on the street.


13 posted on 05/03/2008 7:36:44 AM PDT by Fox_Mulder77 (McCain's FR tag: McLlort)
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To: Poser; martin_fierro; aculeus; dighton; COUNTrecount
Three men have been arrested and charged with 27 fishing violations after using beer cans to catch trout from a northeastern Iowa creek.

I’m bumping this one until somebody explains beer can fishing.<<<

Fierro's foolproof fishing ping.

14 posted on 05/03/2008 7:36:52 AM PDT by Ezekiel
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Ah. Handy floats to keep the trot line up.

Clever.

*Burp*

15 posted on 05/03/2008 7:37:07 AM PDT by Enosh (†)
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I will make of you fishers of men.
16 posted on 05/03/2008 7:37:40 AM PDT by Sender ("Why is it that I can't just eat my waffle?" - Barack Hussein Obama)
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17 posted on 05/03/2008 7:40:10 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Ezekiel

18 posted on 05/03/2008 7:45:07 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: Ezekiel

“Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer.”


19 posted on 05/03/2008 7:45:11 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Enosh

I laid out a 30 hook trot line one night to lay in a creek on the edge of the sound. As I was baiting it up the marsh coons would steal from one end while I was at the other. Between untangling the mess they made and having all the bait stolen by crabs overnight I don’t think I’ll ever try one that long again.


20 posted on 05/03/2008 7:47:25 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Carbon is the fifth most abundant element on the planet.)
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