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No the care taker said nothing about wardens checking it much in fact he said Wednesday was the most people he had scene in there all winter! The warden was a female nice enough lady, but at the same time giving us a hard time, we had 10 traps in we also had a flasher with a few jig poles laying on the ice An she said I have a hard time believing u guys have not been jigging, I said no we have not jigged set the flasher up for a few minutes to see if we could locate smelts an that was it. I was just happy to be in there I wanted to drink a few corona’s an enjoy the weather. If we caught anything it was a bonus. I’m definitely thinking about challenging it I know ultimately I will pay the fine. Maybe if i said really ur going to give me a ticket for that An questioned her she would of re thought it. I talked to a warden out of patten earlier this year An seemed like a super good guy, actually told me I should try matagamons so that’s my next big adventure in a few weeks camping out on the ice. Run into a nice guy on kezar an east grand, this lady was nice too but at the same time busting r balls on minor stuff! I love to ice fish I work an ice fish that’s all I do all winter it just sucks I gotta pay a fine for something so weak An the fine absolutely does not fit the crime. I can see if I went trail riding or went to the store or something but I was shooting the breeze with a fellow fisherman still in site of my traps An I gotta piss 150$ away! So after she left I was watching the guy across from me an I could see everyone of his traps An I really started to get mad like r u kidding me. You can make an exception to that rule. To me that rule is in place so you don’t go out of site of ur traps for long periods of time. I know a judge would never give me the time of day An the only way I get out of it is if the warden does not show up. I gotta pick up an extra shift to pay a fine I don’t think is warranted in my opinion. Maybe if I could talk to the guy in Patton an said I would absolutely give u a fine I would agree with it.
...You should p.m. Fishpaws about the true definition of unattended lines!
No PM needed. I smirked when I saw this. A few years ago up to Ross, before the 30 minute grace period, a bunch of us were fishing mid-lake. It got slow and I decided to go take a pee and a little loop down the lake to see if any anybody had fished that end. I got to the end of the lake, rounded my turn to head back and sled died. At that point I was gone for prolly 5 minutes. But far enough away I would have needed the Hubble Telescope to see my party let alone my traps. After pulling 5 or 6 thousand times the sled would start, run a few hundred feet & die. After I don't know, an hour? Two? Thirty minutes? I arrived back at the party, a little peeved no-one came to rescue me. There was an extra guy sitting there on a ski doo. Yep, the GW. Really nice guy but wrote it up. I was pissed at myself, first and last summons. Some folks said I should challenge that cause my sled broke. Owners of Ross said they would call & ask him to drop. I disagreed, it was black & white. The next day we got all set up and some guys wanted to go get firewood and wanted me to help. I said are you effen kidding me!? I'm not leaving site of these traps! The funniest part, the GW had already been up there watching us again! Haha. Is that at all accurate Eric? I was so pissed at myself all weekend my memory could be blurred. Just insult to the dead sled injury. Ended up being the coil. Oh, doesn't seem like Jfisherman was B&W. Hard to prove now tho. To challenge it you'd prolly have to drive to the Somerset (or is it Aroostook) courthouse. Off topic, I'm still wondering how the fishin was off kettle cove.
Cool story Fishpaws! Not sure if I will challenge it. I know I’m going to pay the fine. For Somerset the court house is in skowhegan, which is a 40 min ride. No idea how much the fine is. But way more than it should be. Definitely seems like a violation to make some money for the Fish An game or wherever the money goes.
400 YARDS IS 4 FOOTBALL FIELDS , PAY THE FINE & STOP CRYING !I’m guessing u don’t do much ice fishing that is not that far away! Unless u grew up fishing beaver ponds ur whole life! If I fight it would be for the other fisherman getting busted for the same dumb crap. Yes there r things I probably could of gotten a ticket for just like everyone else has, I know I’m going to pay the fine regardless but at least I can show up An day I disagree with this type of fine!