Coast Guard will step up striped bass poaching patrols
 

The USCG hasn't got back to me yet to tell me exactly how they are going to "step up" their patrols. One officer only told me there will be more boat boardings and inspections this winter. Has anyone been boarded by the CG in recent years regarding striped bass poaching?

http://www.app.com/story/sports/outd...rols/18849445/

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oh goody goody, so if I float over the 3 mile line and have a bass I'm a criminal but if unlimited numbers of new friends float over the Rio Grande illegally they are fed/housed /schooled/receive medical benefits etc and given amnesty. sounds right to me. I realize this is not a new law but this just further highlights how idiotic the current law is. Not to mention the waste of the Coast Guard as a resource for legitimate items of safety and security.

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Yup its a total joke i was stopped last year and was treated like a criminal 5 guys no older than 20 all with guns and acted like we were isis you would have thought we had 50lbs of coke on the boat.... WHAT A WASTE OF TIME AND OUR TAX $$$$$$

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This is good, I'm happy to hear the cg will do there part in protecting stripers and prosecuting those who break the law.

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Can someone refresh my memory why we are not allowed to fish in the EEZ for striped bass?

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It belongs to the King and he said so.

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Well, that explains it then

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I'm good with this I think those that poach deserve what they get!!!! I can't say that I like wasting good fishing time being boarded for no reason. But if that's what it takes to sustain a good population I'm all for it.

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I have no problem with this either, if you are not breaking the law, you are only inconvenienced for a short time. Keeps people honest.

Obviously spot checks for Bass takes a back seat to saving someone but it does give them something else to be useful for during non essential times. Besides they could double up there stops for a safety check as well.

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I was boarded once last year and twice this week out of Barnegat. I have no problem with the coast guard enforcing the 3mile line. They where courteous and friendly every time.