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Close Calls with Water Cops
Posted on 5/13/19 at 9:44 pm
Posted on 5/13/19 at 9:44 pm
I only have two.
1: When I was around 19 or 20, my dad let me take out his Sea Ray with a bunch of friends on Lake Allatoona (where they filmed Ozark) on a holiday weekend. I don't know what he was thinking. We're having fun and ski-bobbing and drinking underage and whatnot. Cops pull us over. The first thing he says is "everybody hold up a life jacket!" and sure enough, everybody had a lifejacket in hand. Then I handed him valid registration card, and he reluctantly let us on our way.
2: I was in a jonboat in Charleston Harbor, shirtless, drunk. I was making a run from the ICW behind the Crab Banks to Shem Creek where I'd launched. My boat leaked bad. I had a few inches of water in the bottom, with lots of beer cans floating. I'm in SC with a GA registration and the cops pull up to me. I cut the motor and let them pull alongside and I try to be helpful and reach out to stabilize the meeting of the boats, and cop says "Don't touch my boat!" I guess I'm going to jail, right? He asks for the prerequisites, license and registration, which I produce, a valid out of state fishing license and my boat registration, remember,,, there's beer cans floating in the bottom of my jonboat.... he says open your cooler.... I open the cooler... it is an empty soggy bud light carton... he says "you got no fish on board?" I say "I didn't catch anything".... but my paperwork was in order, and I think the cops were just lazy. No reason I shouldn't have been incarcerated that day.
So, what are yall's stories?
1: When I was around 19 or 20, my dad let me take out his Sea Ray with a bunch of friends on Lake Allatoona (where they filmed Ozark) on a holiday weekend. I don't know what he was thinking. We're having fun and ski-bobbing and drinking underage and whatnot. Cops pull us over. The first thing he says is "everybody hold up a life jacket!" and sure enough, everybody had a lifejacket in hand. Then I handed him valid registration card, and he reluctantly let us on our way.
2: I was in a jonboat in Charleston Harbor, shirtless, drunk. I was making a run from the ICW behind the Crab Banks to Shem Creek where I'd launched. My boat leaked bad. I had a few inches of water in the bottom, with lots of beer cans floating. I'm in SC with a GA registration and the cops pull up to me. I cut the motor and let them pull alongside and I try to be helpful and reach out to stabilize the meeting of the boats, and cop says "Don't touch my boat!" I guess I'm going to jail, right? He asks for the prerequisites, license and registration, which I produce, a valid out of state fishing license and my boat registration, remember,,, there's beer cans floating in the bottom of my jonboat.... he says open your cooler.... I open the cooler... it is an empty soggy bud light carton... he says "you got no fish on board?" I say "I didn't catch anything".... but my paperwork was in order, and I think the cops were just lazy. No reason I shouldn't have been incarcerated that day.
So, what are yall's stories?
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Posted on 5/13/19 at 10:15 pm to deeprig9
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Lake Allatoona
Spent several days out there with some friends in college and we definitely should have gotten in trouble as well. Never did though!
Posted on 5/14/19 at 7:13 am to deeprig9
I was about 15, took my dad's 14' bateau with 20 Merc out to Lake Kincaid with my buddy Todd. Couldn't find a third and we wanted to ski. Mid week, nobody on the lake but us.
Yes, we get him up on the water, barely get going and outa nowhere here come the blue lights. Wasn't just a close call. He wrote me a ticket faster than I could get the boat stopped. "Skiing without an observer".
$15 fine and $35 court costs. Big bucks back then.
And the wrath of my dad...
Yes, we get him up on the water, barely get going and outa nowhere here come the blue lights. Wasn't just a close call. He wrote me a ticket faster than I could get the boat stopped. "Skiing without an observer".
$15 fine and $35 court costs. Big bucks back then.
And the wrath of my dad...
Posted on 5/14/19 at 7:22 am to Grassy1
My Freshman year of college we took 3 boats to the camp in Cocodrie. The fishing sucked so all we did was drink beer. (all under age). On the way in on Sunday we were stopped by the coast guard. I was the last boat checked and didn't have a noise making device. The other boats didn't either but they were given a whistle by the Coast Guard. when they got to my boat, the Coast Guard was out of whistles so they gave me a ticket..... And they made us pour out the rest of the beer. After i was ticketed i remembered that i had used the whistle for a school project the year before and never replaced it.
Posted on 5/14/19 at 7:28 am to deeprig9
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So, what are yall's stories?
Every one I've dealt with in FL have been pretty cool.
Posted on 5/14/19 at 10:39 am to deeprig9
11/2007 stopped by LaDW&F on the south flat of 210 and had the wife with me. Young agent did all of the talking during safety check with two older agents watching. I had a 3/4" plywood floor in that tunnel boat and no fire extingisher so young agent proceeds to flip his book open while i argue with him about the law. Wife does the name drop and the older agents get the hint and pull young guy off the case 
Fell was so dejected that he didn't get to issue a ticket 
Same spot a year later USCG pop me for no nav lights. Issue a warning and tell me that will be arrested if they catch me again that evening but let me leave without nav lights
Fell was so dejected that he didn't get to issue a ticket Same spot a year later USCG pop me for no nav lights. Issue a warning and tell me that will be arrested if they catch me again that evening but let me leave without nav lights
Posted on 5/14/19 at 10:39 am to Wtodd
Way back when the blackened Redfish craze started . Best friend and I would go down to GI and load the coolers from the side of the road. After we stopped at this seafood place and sold them. The last trip we pulled up to the place and the dude looked at me funny and said We can’t buy fish from you . Well I had a good buzz and confused cause for the last 2 weeks we had made a couple hundred a piece after gas/ beer each trip . Around the corner came green jeans . Confiscated our ice chest with the redfish , tackle , box and $ 250 ticket each .
After getting home I called the DA and told him what happened. He asked me did the guy buy your fish ? I said No sir , he said he couldn’t . He told me , That’s the first you ever did this , Right . Yes sir . Well then come on back down as soon as you can and get your stuff . Don’t worry about your ticket . Boom
After getting home I called the DA and told him what happened. He asked me did the guy buy your fish ? I said No sir , he said he couldn’t . He told me , That’s the first you ever did this , Right . Yes sir . Well then come on back down as soon as you can and get your stuff . Don’t worry about your ticket . Boom
Posted on 5/14/19 at 11:03 am to Lago Gato
Me and a couple buddies used to go catch black drum and sell them at the dock for beer money.
One day the WLF agents where watching and came pulled up to us on the first drum we caught. Wrote all 3 of us a ticket for no fishing license. I was 16 at the time, but decided to fight it. Both of my buddies just paid the $50 fine.
I went and talked to the judge. Told him I didn't need a license yet even though I knew that I did. He wasn't sure so he sent a clerk to find out. Sat in his chambers and shot the shite about fishing and drank a cold drink for 15 mins or so. Clerk comes back and said I needed a license. Judge said I could slide with a warning.
Both of my buddies were pissed because I got off with a warning.
One day the WLF agents where watching and came pulled up to us on the first drum we caught. Wrote all 3 of us a ticket for no fishing license. I was 16 at the time, but decided to fight it. Both of my buddies just paid the $50 fine.
I went and talked to the judge. Told him I didn't need a license yet even though I knew that I did. He wasn't sure so he sent a clerk to find out. Sat in his chambers and shot the shite about fishing and drank a cold drink for 15 mins or so. Clerk comes back and said I needed a license. Judge said I could slide with a warning.
Both of my buddies were pissed because I got off with a warning.
Posted on 5/14/19 at 11:36 am to ROUSTER
I've been stopped three times.
First was at Chicot Lake on Good Friday when I was 16. Me and my cousin were in one boat, my dad and grandfather in one and two uncles in the other. I left my wallet at home and we ended up getting checked by Mr. Green Jeans. He started writing me a ticket or warning and when everyone realized what was going on everyone in the other boats started heckling me. He started laughing, and ended up throwing the ticket away. I still get shite for that.
Second time was last summer on a kayak trip in Florida. On the way to the launch we were online buying our license but noticed that it was a free fishing weekend so we didn't get them to save us about $40 each. At the end of the day we were two fish shy of a three man speck limit (only 5 specks per person there and a 15" minimum), and were heading back into the dock. Apparently the Sheriffs are the ones that patrol those waters because an Oklaloosa Sheriff made us pull over to the bank and measured every single fish we had. He then asks us for our licenses and I remind him that it is free fish weekend. He apparently didn't know that was a thing, got pissy, and I literally had to pull out my phone and show him the Florida Fish & Wildlife press release that we read that morning and let us go.
Third time was with ClassicGold and my pops at Calcasieu Point. If any of y'all know CG he is usually late to most things. He forgot his wallet that morning so he turned around before he got to my house to go get his wallet. I gave him a hard time because we have never been checked out there. Luckily he went back and got it because he damn sure would have gotten a ticket. We ended up getting a warning because our fire extinguisher had expired, the green jeans were nice guys though.
First was at Chicot Lake on Good Friday when I was 16. Me and my cousin were in one boat, my dad and grandfather in one and two uncles in the other. I left my wallet at home and we ended up getting checked by Mr. Green Jeans. He started writing me a ticket or warning and when everyone realized what was going on everyone in the other boats started heckling me. He started laughing, and ended up throwing the ticket away. I still get shite for that.
Second time was last summer on a kayak trip in Florida. On the way to the launch we were online buying our license but noticed that it was a free fishing weekend so we didn't get them to save us about $40 each. At the end of the day we were two fish shy of a three man speck limit (only 5 specks per person there and a 15" minimum), and were heading back into the dock. Apparently the Sheriffs are the ones that patrol those waters because an Oklaloosa Sheriff made us pull over to the bank and measured every single fish we had. He then asks us for our licenses and I remind him that it is free fish weekend. He apparently didn't know that was a thing, got pissy, and I literally had to pull out my phone and show him the Florida Fish & Wildlife press release that we read that morning and let us go.
Third time was with ClassicGold and my pops at Calcasieu Point. If any of y'all know CG he is usually late to most things. He forgot his wallet that morning so he turned around before he got to my house to go get his wallet. I gave him a hard time because we have never been checked out there. Luckily he went back and got it because he damn sure would have gotten a ticket. We ended up getting a warning because our fire extinguisher had expired, the green jeans were nice guys though.
Posted on 5/14/19 at 11:46 am to Drunken Crawfish
I got a ticket in my dad's boat for expired registration maybe 20 years ago. Green jeans was cool as shite while writing the ticket. On my way back home in Lafayette I stop at the prop shop to get the registration form (not online back then). The same agent that wrote me the ticket was there. He said, "I remember you. I wrote you up today." I told him he was correct and I was there to get the form to correct the problem. He said, "here is what I want you to do. Complete this form and date it a few days ago. It will show that the registration was applied for. Then send it in with the ticket and they will forgive the ticket. Sure enough, I called and all was good.
Posted on 5/14/19 at 12:04 pm to deeprig9
1. I was a Senior in high school, I took a few friends out in Dad's ski boat. 6 of us total. We weren't drinking but I was pulling my buddy on the wakeboard and doing a lot of crazy turns and crap trying to get him to fall. Lake patrol pulls us over and asks if we've been drinking. We say no. Then he asks us to hold up life jackets. We only have 4 in the boat. Another buddy grabs one, holds it up, then drops it. Picks up another one and drops it, then picks up the one I had just held up. Everyone else held up a life jacket. Cop says thanks, y'all have fun and be careful.
2. Several years ago my wife and son (about 3 at the time) are out on Caney Lake near Jonesboro. My wife and I have life jackets but aren't wearing them, my son has his on. Lake Patrol pulls us over and no sooner did they get their boat stopped than my son jumps up and yells, 'I'm wearing my life jacket!" We all laugh about it, Lake Patrol gives him a LDWF t-shirt, and they say "Y'all have a nice day.
2. Several years ago my wife and son (about 3 at the time) are out on Caney Lake near Jonesboro. My wife and I have life jackets but aren't wearing them, my son has his on. Lake Patrol pulls us over and no sooner did they get their boat stopped than my son jumps up and yells, 'I'm wearing my life jacket!" We all laugh about it, Lake Patrol gives him a LDWF t-shirt, and they say "Y'all have a nice day.
Posted on 5/14/19 at 12:11 pm to deeprig9
Not water cops, but this thread reminded me of a funny story with a boat.
My mom and step-dad left for a weekend trip, they took my mom's car, leaving step-dads truck. Me and my step-brother were 15 and 16 years old, decided to hook up the bass boat and head out to the camp. We lived in Gonzales, Camp was in the Maurepas WMA before it was the WMA. Now, my step-dad was sly and very skeptical about us, we always got into something... So, we marked the concrete on the carport exactly where the trailer tires were so we could put the boat back exactly where it was before we left. There was even a half empty bottle of peanut oil leftover from a fish fry that was sitting on the edge of the boat that we put back in the exact same spot when we returned. We stopped in Sorrento to gas up, head out to river and had a blast fishing, swimming, boat riding, shooting guns at the camp. Just a good ole afternoon. Head back home we stop at gas station again and fill the gas to the exact level it was before we left, park the boat, no hint that we were gone. Mom and step-dad return, they know nothing. Couple days go by and this women at my step-dad's work says, "hey , did ya'll catch any fish this weekend? I saw the boys gassing up the boat and figured ya'll were going fishing..." My step-brother took the brunt of that...
My mom and step-dad left for a weekend trip, they took my mom's car, leaving step-dads truck. Me and my step-brother were 15 and 16 years old, decided to hook up the bass boat and head out to the camp. We lived in Gonzales, Camp was in the Maurepas WMA before it was the WMA. Now, my step-dad was sly and very skeptical about us, we always got into something... So, we marked the concrete on the carport exactly where the trailer tires were so we could put the boat back exactly where it was before we left. There was even a half empty bottle of peanut oil leftover from a fish fry that was sitting on the edge of the boat that we put back in the exact same spot when we returned. We stopped in Sorrento to gas up, head out to river and had a blast fishing, swimming, boat riding, shooting guns at the camp. Just a good ole afternoon. Head back home we stop at gas station again and fill the gas to the exact level it was before we left, park the boat, no hint that we were gone. Mom and step-dad return, they know nothing. Couple days go by and this women at my step-dad's work says, "hey , did ya'll catch any fish this weekend? I saw the boys gassing up the boat and figured ya'll were going fishing..." My step-brother took the brunt of that...
Posted on 5/14/19 at 12:11 pm to deeprig9
Was killing a 32oz Dasani behind the Circle K. Down on my luck, pissed off at the world. Look up and damned if it wasn't a Water Cop coming right for me. I chunked the near empty bottle at him, jumped on a dumpster, over a fence and got the hell out of there. Closes call I've had with a Water Cop.
Posted on 5/14/19 at 12:17 pm to deeprig9
You should really chill out with all that drinking while operating a boat
I don’t want you to hurt yourself, but I REALLY don’t want you to hurt someone that operates a boat responsibly
I don’t want you to hurt yourself, but I REALLY don’t want you to hurt someone that operates a boat responsibly
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