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Fishermen Fined For Overfishing In Lake Erie
News 5 Cincinnati ^ | 6/11/10 | Cincinnati News

Posted on 06/11/2010 5:38:27 AM PDT by Howard Morrison

SANDUSKY, Ohio -- Six fishermen from Tennessee and Georgia will have to pay a high price for violating Ohio fishing regulations.

The men were fined $16,000 and had to forfeit three bass boats, trailers and two freezers full of fish for overfishing in Lake Erie.

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To: JudyinCanada
"Too bad they didn’t want some of the carp - the shores of Lake Erie are swarming with them. You can walk in and scoop ‘em up by hand."

Ever been to the spillway at Pymatuning Reservoir on the PA/OH border?


21 posted on 06/11/2010 5:52:35 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Hoodat

Yeah, I with you! I love that perch...in the fryin’ pan on to my plate!


22 posted on 06/11/2010 5:52:41 AM PDT by Dudoight
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To: Howard Morrison
They certainly deserved a fine, but $16,000 is excessive. The forfeitures are just stealing.

All in all, the whole penalty is outrageous at about $500 per illegal fish.

23 posted on 06/11/2010 5:53:00 AM PDT by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: surroundedbyblue
Who the hell would eat fish from that lake anyway? Isn’t it pretty filthy?

Fish from Lake Erie is pretty doggone good. I love the perch!

24 posted on 06/11/2010 5:53:06 AM PDT by meyer (Big government is the enemy of freedom.)
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To: surroundedbyblue

Thirty years ago the lake was a mess.It’s pretty clean now.


25 posted on 06/11/2010 5:53:25 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop thinking about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Mister Da
All in all, the whole penalty is outrageous at about $500 per illegal fish.

Agreed. The punishment FAR exceeds the damages of the crime. It's not like they robbed a bank or hurt anybody. It's fish, for cryin out loud.

26 posted on 06/11/2010 5:55:09 AM PDT by meyer (Big government is the enemy of freedom.)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

Oy. Minimum size of 28”, not 2. Duh.


27 posted on 06/11/2010 5:55:44 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
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To: surroundedbyblue

“Isn’t it pretty filthy?”

Nope. In fact it’s pretty clean these days. Also, as the shallowest of the great lakes, it flushes the fastest.


28 posted on 06/11/2010 5:56:41 AM PDT by Pessimist
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To: Joe 6-pack

Yup!

My parents used to take us there as kids. And I took my daughter when she was little!


29 posted on 06/11/2010 5:57:43 AM PDT by Pessimist
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To: surroundedbyblue

Lake Erie had beautiful clear water when I first saw it in the 1980’s. I know it had the reputation of being dirty but that must have been a long time ago.


30 posted on 06/11/2010 5:57:50 AM PDT by Varda
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To: Farmer Dean
Thirty years ago the lake was a mess.It’s pretty clean now.

Which leads to the question of why do we need a great lakes czar and what's he doing with a multi billion dollar budget?
31 posted on 06/11/2010 5:58:11 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: meyer; All

The seizure of the boats are what raises my eyebrows. This is war-on-drugs methodology. Fines, jail time, and public service. As a court, pick one. Seizure of personal property is a voluntary action (As in used to post bail, and then skipping bail). I didn’t think any court could do this.

I could be wrong.


32 posted on 06/11/2010 5:58:44 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: Varda

Enormous amounts of money were spent cleaning it up. Sewers, paper mills, steel mills and refineries routinely dumped their wastes into this lake for decades. The water is clean now and supports a great walleye population, which you can see, is well guarded by the bordering states.


33 posted on 06/11/2010 6:02:28 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Impeachment !)
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To: Mister Da

Exactly. Stealing the boat is ridiculous.


34 posted on 06/11/2010 6:04:21 AM PDT by GlockThe Vote
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To: Hoodat

I could see catching 146 perch. But bass?
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We used to catch well over 100 peacock bass on a fairly regular basis out of Lake Gatun in Panama when we were catching for the Albrook Chapel fish fry. Seemed as though there were never any fewer bass in the lake.

Colonel, USAFR


35 posted on 06/11/2010 6:07:22 AM PDT by jagusafr (Don't make deals with pirates)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
which you can see, is well guarded by the bordering states.

Well except for Illinois which has the smallest stake and a friend in Washington.
36 posted on 06/11/2010 6:09:41 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Howard Morrison

What has happened to Sportsmanship?


37 posted on 06/11/2010 6:09:52 AM PDT by Dacula (Every good father has a plan for his family.)
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To: super7man
They just needed to paint “RESEARCH” on the side of the boats and everything would have been OK.

Or, you could paint 'save the whales' on the side of your boat and terrorize them. Don't need no steenking badges...

38 posted on 06/11/2010 6:10:37 AM PDT by LearnsFromMistakes (Yes, I am happy to see you. But that IS a gun in my pocket.)
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To: GlockThe Vote

I saw a deer hunter get his car confiscated because he shot a doe during buck season, admited his mistake at the management area check-in station, where he was handcuffed.

Even in Tennessee bureaucrats can be Nazis if we let them.


39 posted on 06/11/2010 6:11:32 AM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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To: Celerity
"The seizure of the boats are what raises my eyebrows. This is war-on-drugs methodology."

It's a racket generally known as assett forfeiture.

Some poaching laws are absolutely draconian in this regard.

40 posted on 06/11/2010 6:11:40 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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