Willard Snagging

[Jedidiah]

So you're operating under some fallacies when it comes to reporting infractions, maybe you already know about this stuff and discount it.

First thing about reporting someone who you have witnessed doing something illegal is that the first time you report them the officer that shows up may not be able to do anything about it but chances are they'll record the interaction and the individual's name. The second time the next officer might see that interaction and look further. After a pattern develops they'll eventually be able to nail the guy.

The next thing is, the DWR has methods and technology that most of us don't hear about. For example, if they suspect you poached an animal they will recover DNA from your gear or vehicle and run it against a database of species and if it turns up you have fresh DNA from an animal that you didn't have the legal right to harvest you're going to have a bad time.

Ultimately, the guy you see doing that crap may already be under scrutiny or might just plain be fishing illegally without a license because he got it taken away already.

I've seen way more of us round-eyes fishing illegally, and even recommending that I fish illegally too, than I ever have with the Asian guys.
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