Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing-related Issues & News => Topic started by: Brian the fisherman on August 24, 2013, 11:10:04 AM
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I was drifting down the vedder river in my pontoon boat today.
Noticed a few anglers on the river trying their luck.
At peach road I seen DFO checking people out.... thought that was a good sight this early in the season
after drifting down the river, finally reached lickman road... what do you know DFO beat me there.. they were following me down the river it seemed.
So I continued floating down the river.. and the end was near. Keithwilson bridge was in the distance and again so was DFO
They were waiting for me to float in and chat with me :D
They checked me out and a few other anglers.
I was informed that they will be out much more during the pink season and wished me happy floating.
As for any one getting slammed at KWB... no flossers down there when I showed up.
hopefully everyone remembers their fishing licenses :P
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^^ Catch any fish ??
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HMM stopped by Kieth Wilson Bridge at around 930 this morning and other than a fly guy fishing on the shallow side of the bridge the 5 guys fishing the meat hole were all long lining, at least trying to anyway the 4-5 pinks I did see.
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I hve fished the vedder for a few years now. Only once i have seen them out. Never been checked myself, but out of curiousity what do they check/look for on/at a fisherman besides what fish you have caught??? and Liscence?
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^^ I imagine they look for barbed hooks, if a guy is "rippin", whether or not you have reported your steelhead or chinnook on your license and if you have why are you still fishing {steelhead}, that sort of stuff etc etc
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mmm ty i never even tought of packing a pen or pencil to mark my hinook on my licence. TY!!!!!!!
And ripping i assume would be those guys that yank on their lines 4-6 times per drift i take it? i find that very annoying :(
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even giving your rod a solid tug at the end of EVERY drift can be considered "purposely attempting to snag"
DFO are really starting to watch people and im also glad to see them nailing people for every infraction. Heard of them confiscating a lot of gear on the Squamish this year as well :)
Best way to not get busted is buy your yearly license and ALL your appropriate tags for the year. Print off the 5 free ones your allowed and put them in separate places so your never without it. I do this and so far I have never been without my license. When im camping however there is times when I am forced into camp to get my license to show them because I never have it out in the boat with me on a lake
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I used to pack it in my waders on the inside pouch, but a few years ago i went out without my waders, and it wasnt until i got home i realised what i had done. So now i have it in my vest inside a plastic bag, and i always have my vest. But this was before i knew you could print off a few copies. I will be doing that after this TY :)
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people always have their phones on them. couldnt they just take a picture of their license and show the CO that?
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people always have their phones on them. couldnt they just take a picture of their license and show the CO that?
The regulations state you must have a paper copy present with you when fishing.
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The regulations state you must have a paper copy present with you when fishing.
It is beyond me why the licensing is so outdated. Paper....March 31...having to carry additional photo id...I really hate having to print anything whatsoever, and don't even have a printer in my home/office.
I always have my blackberry on me and it has a digital copy of both my freshwater and tidal license with the tags. That's good enough for me because when you buy it, you do so online and digitally download it. Ergo, the license is sold digitally, ergo there is precedent being set in case I am ever ticketed.
(If I ever actually catch anything that needs to be marked down, then I will make a notation on the digital version.)
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you need to have the paper license so if they want they can scan the bar code. I thought just having your angler # would suffice but that is incorrect. My dad also wonders if having a picture of your license on your phone would work, I think it wont because you can edit pictures well enough right there on your phone you could change the year quite easily
Why not just follow the rules and print it. How stupid would it be to get a "failure to produce license" fine because your too lazy to print a copy or think your in the right for showing them a picture of it. My dad just received such a ticket because he forgot his in his other waders, he said to the officer he could login and show him and his response was "and what if we didn't have cell service, then what?"
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when I saved mine as a pdf, on my phone it shows up with the bar code which is scan able with another device. but no signature
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i keep my licence folded up in a card slot in my wallet, that way it never leaves me, because after i got the warning for leaving my licence in my truck, made me start carrying it everywhere, since you need your licence and a piece of government issued ID to go along with it if you do get stopped and asked for it. And its required to wright down your Chinook or steelhead as soon as they are killed. I've seen multiple people tagged with that one especially at the train bridge.
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But officer I have a digital copy... my phone battery is dead though. ..
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give people options and they will abuse them ::)
stop being "smart asses" and just print your damn license otherwise no one will sympathize for you when you get a ticket and honestly I hope any/all of you do.
not trying to be a dic* however some of you sound like you need a painful lesson taught to you >:(
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I must agree with Hook, what is so hard about printing a licence? stop being lazy and goofy and playing games. Grow up.
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A tip to be added remember to have a pen or pencil on you or in your vehicle to mark what you caught if your spring fishing or anything. I have watched people get a lecture because of not having one.
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mmm ty i never even tought of packing a pen or pencil to mark my hinook on my licence. TY!!!!!!!
And ripping i assume would be those guys that yank on their lines 4-6 times per drift i take it? i find that very annoying :(
Here's another tip for ya.........Make sure you record any of your (conservation sticker) allowed fish using ONLY a PEN and do it immediately after you catch it.....recording your catch using a pencil or maybe waiting until later to record its retention on your license, can BOTH get you ticketed.
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when I saved mine as a pdf, on my phone it shows up with the bar code which is scan able with another device. but no signature
by the way I always have my paper lic's on me !
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They checked me out and a few other anglers.
I was informed that they will be out much more during the pink season and wished me happy floating.
DFO should go to the Vedder crossing when the pinks r in. They would have a hey day writing tickets. So long liners and beaks beware.
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you need to have the paper license so if they want they can scan the bar code. I thought just having your angler # would suffice but that is incorrect. My dad also wonders if having a picture of your license on your phone would work, I think it wont because you can edit pictures well enough right there on your phone you could change the year quite easily
Why not just follow the rules and print it. How stupid would it be to get a "failure to produce license" fine because your too lazy to print a copy or think your in the right for showing them a picture of it. My dad just received such a ticket because he forgot his in his other waders, he said to the officer he could login and show him and his response was "and what if we didn't have cell service, then what?"
Lazy? Really? I choose not to have a printer. Let's all chop down some more trees. No cell service? I keep mine saved on my removable memory card. Luddites.
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Here's another tip for ya.........Make sure you record any of your (conservation sticker) allowed fish using ONLY a PEN and do it immediately after you catch it.....recording your catch using a pencil or maybe waiting until later to record its retention on your license, can BOTH get you ticketed.
Agree. I have been checked a couple times while still fishing and if it wasn't written down they would have ticketed me. If you don't write it down right away, you might only do so if you get stopped. They want to make sure it is recorded. I always keep a pen in the boat and in the vest and a couple others around.
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when I saved mine as a pdf, on my phone it shows up with the bar code which is scan able with another device. but no signature
...and that's the kicker isn't it?
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...and that's the kicker isn't it?
sure is !
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It's a good idea to have your license backed up on your phone. All the required information is present. A bar code can certainly be scanned from a smartphone screen.
If I forgot my paper license I would not hesitate to go fishing with just an electronic version. It's a pretty gray area when it comes to marking fish on an electronic license so I would not use it for that. On the other hand with the paper license people can just print multiple versions to exploit the flawed system.
FYI You can sign a .pdf file using adobe reader.
Android Adobe Reader:
Open File
1- Press pencil/bubble icon
2- Press pencil icon
3- Sign
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It's a good idea to have your license backed up on your phone. All the required information is present. A bar code can certainly be scanned from a smartphone screen.
If I forgot my paper license I would not hesitate to go fishing with just an electronic version. It's a pretty gray area when it comes to marking fish on an electronic license so I would not use it for that. On the other hand with the paper license people can just print multiple versions to exploit the flawed system.
FYI You can sign a .pdf file using adobe reader.
Android Adobe Reader:
Open File
1- Press pencil/bubble icon
2- Press pencil icon
3- Sign
So in other words you could, if you wanted to, go online and buy a license and even sign it, all while you are sitting on the bar watching the COs working their way down the bar towards you?
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you are correct. however, If your financially secure enough to own a smartphone and intelligent enough to operate adobe software you should probably have a fishing license.
I would love to hear some first hand stories on how a dfo officer handled this type of issue. would he/she use their brain and understand you have a license or give you a ticket because you failed to produce the paper one?
back in '96 I received a ticket for failing to tag a chinook. it would have been my 6th or 7th and all were tagged. my friend was cleaning a chum he had caught and asked me if i wanted him to clean mine. i said sure and continued fishing..... officer shows up and looks at our licenses. I got a ticket for failing to tag that spring. even though I wasn't poaching had all my tags even classified water. I failed to follow the rules. it was around $175 when I was a student.....
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So in other words you could, if you wanted to, go online and buy a license and even sign it, all while you are sitting on the bar watching the COs working their way down the bar towards you?
If your going to fish without a license, I doubt you are going to buy one if you see a CO. But yes, I suppose you could do that.
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I print off a couple extra copies for my wallet, fishing backpack and extras at home. The amount of times I come home after a rain and find my license water logged has made the extra copies worthwhile
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Heard the COs were busy on the weekend.
Over 15 tickets given out in one shot for barbed hooks under the Patullo Bridge.
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Heard the COs were busy on the weekend.
Over 15 tickets given out in one shot for barbed hooks under the Patullo Bridge.
;D ;D ;D Go get 'em boys....and girls......
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Lazy? Really? I choose not to have a printer. Let's all chop down some more trees. No cell service? I keep mine saved on my removable memory card. Luddites.
Really??...Dead battery how we gonna read that removable mem. card??......Luddite indeed....lol