The thread by mahtofire14 got me thinking about my experience with TIP. I’ve called it a few times over the years but have only seen a C.O. show up once.
We were staying at a small resort where the sunnies and crappies were on a hot bite. A couple from out of state were in the cleaning shack every time I was there. I’d be cleaning enough for a meal and they’d be cleaning a limit. The 3rd day I said something about the daily limit also being the possession limit. They told me their daughter and SIL had been there the night before and had taken all of their fish with them. I had a beer with the resort owner that night and he said he had also spoken to about the number of fish they were keeping. The next day they went out of their way to avoid us when they came in and didn’t go to the cleaning shack until they were sure I wouldn’t be there. I called The TIP line that night and the C.O. came about noon the next day while the couple was out fishing. The resort owner let him in the cabin. He had been in there 15 minutes before the couple came back from fishing. The 3 of them spent quite a bit of time in the cabin with all the other guests watching closely. The C.O. left with a kitchen garbage bag a little later. The couple left early the next morning, all the owner would tell anyone was they had been ticketed and fish had been confiscated. Talking to people from other cabins it sounded like 3 calls had been made to TIP about them and I suspect the resort owner may have called too.
May 25, 2023 at 3:34 pm
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