Fish & Game :(
My 16 year old daughter brought her boyfriend to visit with our family this weekend up at the lake. Her boyfriend is a really nice polite person and is graduating soon from high school. He received a scholorship to college to play lacrosse. My daughter was showing him things that she has loved doing here at the lake since she was a small child. One of the activities she likes to show her city friends is fishing. My daughter and her friend took the old paddle boat out and cleaned it all up, grabbed 2 life vests and ventured off very close by our home in a rocky area. The fishing rods they brought with them are those children type rods. One was actually a spiderman rod. Mike was pretty impressed when my daughter pulled out this really large small mouth bass. He could not believe it. My daughter asked if he wanted to try the Spiderman rod as it was lucky. Next thing you know they are approached by a Fish & Game person. They told the kids that they had filmed them fishing and asked it they had a license. Growing up fishing at the lake and being only 16 Leah has never thought about a license. The F&G person saw that they were kids, had a few laughts about the Superman rod, asked if they were hiding something in a rolled up shirt, treatened to give them a fine for having life vests that were not large enough and handed them a $93 ticket. Nice experience for a kid who never fished before. Welcome to New Hampshire. I thought a simple warning and a lecture would have been enough. $93 ticket for a unemployed student is a bit much. I would think F&G would concentrate their time on adults who are clearly aware of the law and clearly breaking the law. I know some will say this boy is a adult and should be responsible yada yada. A simple warning would have been the proper thing to do in this situation.
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