People who abuse our local park lakes!

[Park Watcher 1]

Just wanted to make a post about all these uneducated kids and adults going to parks lakes with no respect, not following DFG rules, and abusing bass and other species. Running around with fish in their hands, gut hooking them, and ripping the hook out, etc. Makes you think no wonder my local fishing spot kinda sucks......Check the video out. Using Live blue gill in a southern region lake/pond. These kids will ruin your local lake. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsNOstKTBGQ Comments show "i just put a live bluegill on and he started going crazy and all of a sudden wam a huge boil and the bober was gone and thanks" This is not the 1st time watching activities like this go on around local lakes. If you see someone breaking laws or doing something wrong please educate them which if the problem continues call CALTIP. Even adults that are not following laws call CALTIP. I am keeping my eyes out as should all fisherman. We pay 50 dollars a year + to fish and have people with no license or compassion for the sport ruin our local waters. Catch & Release bass! Bust the poachers!

[fish-o-haulic]

what lake is this video taken at. i dont fish the city park lakes much at all. i told my brother about the video hes commenting on it with his account.

[djkim1]

The kid looks under 16... he doesn't require a license, and kids will be kids. At least he releases the fish. Regardless, I will always keep an eye out for people who disregard the rules.

[fish4keep]

LOL...... He's a kid. I've fished with him a few times. He strickly CVR (catch, video, and release). Next time I see him, I'll be sure to let him know.

[fish-o-haulic]

Probably not the brightest thing ive posted but hear it goes. My brother told me that some guy just called dfg on the kid in that video, Ill check out the comments for myself to see what my brother was talking about cuz calling dfg on a kid seems a extreme but whatever. You do what you gotta do. Oh, ok then. My brother was right. huh. Cant say i didnt see that coming though.

[djkim1]

Wow. Now the kid's getting all this lip for posting it on youtube... once again, to whoever is bagging on his video, he is a KID. He will learn to respect the fish and the rules as he matures and grows up...

[DockRat]

Park Watcher 1
Join Date Oct 2011
Posts 1

Hey Park Watcher, Welcome to FNN

Do you watch Parks on youtube ?

What is the big deal of the post ?
Death of a bluegill ?

Stop watching the park and go chase after people that roll through stop signs ILLEGALLY.
Park Watcher or PW this first post is very weak and only teaches more people
to use Bluegill for Catfish bait. Now you will have guys filling buckets with Catfish caught on Bluegill.

DR

[whopperstopper]

The kid caught a nice hawg catfish..made cool video and released it...at least he wasn't using goldfish....as We havent seen worse...

[DockRat]

The kid caught a nice hawg catfish..made cool video and released it...at least he wasn't using goldfish....as We havent seen worse...

X2

What is the deal with live bait FW ?
People use goldfish for big cats all the time. I'm a SW guy and have used Goldfish in the salt. They look like baby Garabaldi the state protected fish. Goldfish last 15 - 30 min in SW. When half dead drop them back in the FW bucket and they come back to life.
Is that legal ?
DR

[Dr. MindBendo]

City park lakes will always have guys with no licenses, guys with too many poles out, illegal live bait fishing with blue gills, people going over their limits, people always taking home the beloved bass, skunk filled days, kids throwing rocks in front of the water you're fishing.

I rarely frequent park lakes because I get tired of seeing all this type of activity. Just have to build a thick skin I guess. Will it ever stop? I don't think so. Take some time to approach the individual or individuals and try to educate them on the rules. If that is not your cup of tea, then call the authorities. Not much else you can do.