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Old 06-14-2018, 10:59 PM   #13
Tyson Brown
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Re: So, question on spearing undersized or out-of-season fish

Your story says he was cited for taking a gag out of season. It doesn't say he was cited for the under sized fish. I think that's fair. If it was a double shot situation and he knew gags were closed, the fish would have stayed at the bottom. Since it was floating by the boat, he brought it up and then someone threw it back later.

If I was an FWC officer and if someone was open, honest, and genuinely sorry about a situation like this, and gave me a good explanation, then I'd let them off the hook with a warning for sure. If they were shady or jerks then I would probably cite them like happened here.

Hopefully the judge will be very lenient if the situation truly merits it. It sounds like he was honest about the situation.

I've had to throw my noob buddy's out of season misidentified fish back before...
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