$4K for fishing over limit

Vollmer · May 8, 2016

A Wisconsin man was fined $4,000 and is banned from fishing in Ontario for the next five years, after being found with 25 walleye over his possession limit, last July.
Conservation officers with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry were doing fisheries checks along Highway 502 in the Fort Frances district.
During an inspection of fish and fishing equipment, the officers found Michael Ritchie, of New London, Wisconsin and another individual were in possession of 29 walleye caught on Lac Seul, Ont., the ministry announced in a written release.
An investigation found that the Wisconsin man had caught 27 of the walleye, although the legal limit for a conservation licence is two.

Kenneth · May 8, 2016

Uh oh

Rowdie · May 8, 2016

Let the sconie bashing begin LOL

lunkerslayer · May 8, 2016

OK 1pingonly I am waiting for the article on the over the limit by Missouri fisherman on Devils Lake. I have been looking on line and can't seem to find anything on it.

Kurtr · May 8, 2016

Is it really bashing if it is true?

johnr · May 8, 2016

might be the sconi common core epic fail

Trip McNeely · May 8, 2016

ive worked with and around a good number of sconis the last few years and my experience has been one of displeasure. many have a weird aoura surrounding them that emmits a certain funk of "they dont understand things here". that would be how i would say my feelings delicately. what i really want to say is f&$@ sconis

guywhofishes · May 8, 2016

Was the offender a cop this time too?

lunkerslayer · May 8, 2016

Trip McNeely said:
ive worked with and around a good number of sconis the last few years and my experience has been one of displeasure. many have a weird aoura surrounding them that emmits a certain funk of "they dont understand things here". that would be how i would say my feelings delicately. what i really want to say is f&$@ sconis

I had a different experience two winters ago with the sconis, I was driving across East Bay real early in the morning when I drove over a pressure Ridge that was blown over so was unable to see the ridge. I broke my shovel trying to chop at the ice from under the skid plate. I dug for two hours so until a truck drove across the lake to see if I needed any help, so to get me out they had to drive around the pressure ridge to pull me out backwards. They did just that which I was ever so greatful and I help them out by putting them on some fish to show my gratitude.
So not ALL sconis are bad

espringers · May 8, 2016

Pics or I don't believe it lunker

lunkerslayer · May 8, 2016

E. I still have the broken shovel, I could take a picture of the shovel would that suffice?

Captain Ahab · May 8, 2016

At least they have their penalties high enough to sting up there.

1pingonly · May 9, 2016

Ill try find out more on the 3 from Missouri who had 60 walleyes south of Cando. I havent seen anything in the papers yet but got the info from a pretty reliable source in law enforcement.

RustyTackleBox · May 9, 2016

I think the nd poaching penalties should be stiffer and maybe progressive including jail time

Wallye slayer · May 10, 2016

1pingonly. To clarify when I turned the sobs from Missouri in there was only 2 guys. They where 20 walleyes over daily limit and 30 over possession limit. I know everything was confiscated from them except the truck they were driving. The judge will decide if they lose truck when they come back for court.

Davey Crockett · May 10, 2016

Good on you Walleye Slayer for turning them in. It has been proven that small fines don't stop them, I think we should form an alliance with other states and take hunting and fishing privileges away from from a few states at a time when they get caught poaching and fine them 10 times what they are being fined now.
Any out of stater that is not a poacher should agree with this and tip off LEOs about anyone you know that is doing this because you are all getting a bad name over here.

eyexer · May 10, 2016

it's in Sconi's blood apparently

3Roosters · May 10, 2016

I think Judge's should include, besides a stiff fine, community service. How about making them clean OTHER person's fish all summer long at the fish cleaning stations. touché you dumb arses...take that...you broke the rules and kept too many fish and now you must clean other peoples fish all summer.

DirtyMike · May 10, 2016

Wallye slayer said:
1pingonly. To clarify when I turned the sobs from Missouri in there was only 2 guys. They where 20 walleyes over daily limit and 30 over possession limit. I know everything was confiscated from them except the truck they were driving. The judge will decide if they lose truck when they come back for court.

when did this happen?

Kurtr · May 10, 2016

Davey Crockett said:
Good on you Walleye Slayer for turning them in. It has been proven that small fines don't stop them, I think we should form an alliance with other states and take hunting and fishing privileges away from from a few states at a time when they get caught poaching and fine them 10 times what they are being fined now.
Any out of stater that is not a poacher should agree with this and tip off LEOs about anyone you know that is doing this because you are all getting a bad name over here.

There is a compact where if you loose your license in one state you can not get it in another.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Wildlife_Violator_Compact#Member_States

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