ADelta County game warden received a call on April 7 stating five men were using two cast nets to catch game fish at the Cooper Lake Spillway. The suspects’ vehicle was found by a State Parks officers at a Cooper gas station.
Upon arrival, the game warden found the suspects to be in possession of 197 game fish, which included hybrid striped bass, white bass, crappie and catfish. Twenty-nine fish were undersized and one of the five men had a valid fishing license. The suspects were in possession of two cast nets and three fishing poles but no hooks or tackle. Charges pending.
An illegal net-work
Dallas County game wardens were on patrol when they received a phone call about several individuals netting at Rowlett Creek and keeping game fish. The wardens arrived at the location and from a distance observed six people scaling and catching fish illegally with a cast net. They confronted the subjects, who admitted to catching all the fish with the net. The violators had 48 fish in their possession, of those, 10 were undersized catfish and eight undersized white bass.
As wardens cited these violators, two more individuals walked out of the woods carrying a bucket with a net. They admitted to catching fish with the net and led the wardens to another bucket in the brush where they hid their catch. The bucket contained 55 fish including 34 undersized white bass and one undersized crappie. All subjects were cited and released.
Funny money
Wardens observed an individual fishing on Richland Chambers Reservoir after dark with no lights on his boat and made contact. The subject had several water safety, fishing and narcotics violations, including no lights, boat registration or fishing license, using game fish for bait, leaving game fish to die, catching undersized crappie and possessing methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana. The subject was arrested and taken to the Navarro County Jail. A few days later, one of the wardens got a call from the Navarro County Sheriff’s Office informing them the subject’s wife was just arrested for trying to bond her husband out using $900 in counterfeit bills.
No de-fence
A Brazoria County game warden received a phone call on April 19 from a local landowner stating three of his blackbuck antelope had been shot; two were found dead and another was wounded.
The landowner said a neighbor saw two men with a .22 rifle along his high fence and knew where the two suspects lived. After separating the teenage boy and his father, the teenage boy stated his dad had shot all three antelope. The boy retrieved the .22 rifle that was used. He explained they planned on eating the antelope, but the fence was too high to cross and retrieve the carcasses. The father confessed to hunting without landowner consent, no hunting license, and discharging a firearm across property lines were filed. Cases pending.
Four time loser
Game wardens patrolling Lake Amistad made contact with a boat operator exhibiting signs of possible intoxication and after failing seated field sobriety tests the man was arrested for Boating While Intoxicated. The subject was found to have 3 previous DWI convictions. Felony BWI was filed and the subject was taken to the county jail.
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