Jersey City water front

[krob8979]

On my lunch break and enjoying the view, when this gentleman starts to fish. Signs clearly post no fishing but I guess that doesn't mean him. On top of it he catches a 2ft ell. Told him no fishing, but he didn't understand me

[shrimpman steve]

Oh, he understood you I’m sure.

Should tell him first you're conducting a marketing study and if he participates he'll receive $250. That should confirm he understands English. Then tell him no fishing and F&G are on their way.

[Rocky]

Video is your best friend when confronting law breakers. They usually run like cockroaches when the lights come on, and if they don't it is always nice to post online to show law enforcement what is going on.

[Billfish715]

He was performing a shoreline ecological engineering project which involved collection of river bottom samples to determine the effects of sedimentary, residue of man-made waste on tidal marine organisms. He was NOT fishing! Besides........he was eeling and not fishing.

I'm sure that the no fishing signs were illegally posted at a height or size that would not meet required regulatory standards. Besides that, the signs were not properly translated into the man's native language and there was no listing of the code number or statute on the sign, making any prosecution or enforcement impossible. But a conservation officer could cite him for not having a saltwater registration or any number of other fish and wildlife regulations.

This might make an interesting topic for another thread.

[Capt Sal]

Not really

[Pennsy Guy]

That'd be 3-4 pages on that other site

[Billfish715]

Originally Posted by Capt Sal

Not really

I guess I was writing with a stream of consciousness thinking about the effects fish and game officers have on the adherence to saltwater fishing regulations.

[torchee]

i wonder if the no fishing sign was fish and game, or did it get there because of the people in million dollar condos who don't want to smell bait....

or think they own the river

[torchee]

granted some of these guys do leave a mess behind when they fish...empty bottles and trash