Thread: Fishing License Check

We had 6 kids fishing at Fort Morgan cooler checked coming off beach.The boys are great and know what the size limit is and I'm double checking also.The officer is doing his job and kids love to ask him about fishing spots for next trip.Kids all under 14 and wanted to cast at the netter boat that are the real fish stealers.Kids learning fast and never want to stop fishing.Good time to be a legal sportsman.

I get checked everywhere. Heck I could be fishing in a bucket in my backyard and the man will somehow know.

Originally Posted by perdidohunter

I get checked everywhere. Heck I could be fishing in a bucket in my backyard and the man will somehow know.

I'm right there with you. I get checked ALL the time. Went to Canada several years and would always manage to find the Warden that was over a huge area. I've never been cited for anything but I must look guilty as hell.....

Been checked twice surf fishing in past ten years, cooler also. But it never has been a bother for us.

Working for the man is no protection: I usually get checked at least once a year fishing the upper bay and at least once a year duck hunting.

I haven't been checked in over 30 years. That being said, I'll probably be checked the next time I go out.

Originally Posted by hurry sundown

Kids all under 14 and wanted to cast at the netter boat that are the real fish stealers.

I hope you aren't encouraging them. Nothing good could result, however I could think of several bad things happening and the majority of it (the bad) would fall back on you. Besides the net boaters aren't stealing anything. You, I and everybody else may not like where and how they fish, but the fact is they are doing what they do legally. Throwing hooks and weights at a passing boat is not the way to fight em.

Follow your own advice a little further, good time to be a good sportsman. If you are good you are legal by default.

Originally Posted by witler

How strict and how often do the authorities check for fishing license? Which is checked more often surf or pier?
We are renting a house surf-side near L. Lagoon Pass and wondering what the odds of being checked are. I will have a license but if I ask the wife to watch my rod while I run to the restroom, luck would have it that she would get checked and ticketed.

Are you referring to your luck or mine! I am a LE magnet. I have been checked on the pier twice this year, twice at Perdido Pass bridge and once at Little Lagoon Pass.

I was surf fishing down Mobile Street on Fort Morgan a few years ago, I walked at least half a mile down the beach to get away from everybody and enjoy some peace and quite. There were no houses or anything close to me. I was there maybe 30min and here comes a warden walking up from out of the damn sand dunes behind me, near bout scared the mess out of me. I have no idea where he came from. Anyway, showed him my license and he said thanks and turned around and walked back to the dunes. Never been checked since.

Originally Posted by DRH

I haven't been checked in over 30 years. That being said, I'll probably be checked the next time I go out.

I can arrange that.