Welcome back everyone. Today's video comes to us from Missouri where conservation agents received an operation game thief tip indicating that a male subject was fishing from his dock and was likely over the crappie limit. Now in the state of Missouri there is a 30 per person per day crappie limit. However, on some lakes that 30 fish limit drops down to 15 and there's minimum sizes imposed that might be 9 or maybe 10 inches depending on the body of water. >> Hi. >> Howdy. How are you? >> Good. >> Conservation agent. >> Okay. >> Are they biting? >> A little bit. >> What's that? >> A little bit. >> Oh good. You have your permit on you? Check that real quick. >> Yeah, I think I got a picture of it on my phone. >> Where are you from? >> Here. >> Oh, do you live here local? >> Yep, right here. >> Well, good for you. Let's see here. I was worried with this rain that those crappie would shut down a little bit. >> Yeah, they shut down the last hour or so. >> Did they? >> Yeah. >> Uh let's see here. You using minnows or what are you using? >> Yeah, minnows and a jig. >> Give me that too. >> Oh, it's my health insurance. >> I can look you up probably too if that'll help you. >> work. >> Instead of I get it. >> it in here somewhere. I know I do but >> What's your social? Okay. Yep, I got you. You have any fish? >> Got a couple. >> Okay, can I take a look at them? >> Sure. >> Whoa. Can you pull it Can you pull that for me? >> Yes. >> Yeah, good size. >> Yeah, they're good size. They're good they're good size. >> Okay. All right. How many How many is in there? Let me check just make sure. >> I think I might have about that. I think I have 12 somewhere in there. >> I was going to say Where's your Where's your door at? >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 >> Where's your door at? >> Right here. >> Okay. >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Well, hang on. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Oh goodness, they keep moving. I think 16. Oh, is that what you got? >> I got all Yep, they were all in there. >> Uh You have a bucket by chance? >> Under that seat. >> Just make sure that I'm counting properly. Howdy. >> Hey, you doing? >> Good. How are you? >> I'm doing pretty good. >> Are they biting? >> A little bit. >> Well, good. Thanks, sir. >> Well, I thought Well, that's nice. >> What's that? >> My wife and I are here and we claim 11:30, right? >> Uh you're allowed 15 per day and possession limit of 30. >> Okay. >> So, it's Yeah. So, I've got 16. So, can't have 16. >> All right. Throw one back. >> So, I mean, So, I mean, you've said somewhere for last night, but like so were they yours or your wife's or >> I guess they're both of ours. >> Well, how many have you caught? >> How many have I caught? I caught them all. >> You caught them all? >> Yeah. >> Okay, but I just put So, she didn't catch any in here? >> No. >> Okay. So, the whole last night today How many did you catch last night? >> Uh I think about eight of them. >> Okay. But, we have no way of being able to distinguish today or yesterday. >> Okay. >> You get what I mean? >> Yeah. >> So, your daily limit is 15. >> Okay. >> Um like you said, your possession limit's 30, but that comes into play. I mean, if you got to clean them. Either either that I mean, if if you were at 15, >> Uh-huh. >> I mean, I'd tell you that that you're fine, but you need to stop. >> Right. >> Because we have no way of identifying whether or not those were yesterday's or from 30 minutes ago and you just caught 16 boom boom boom. >> Okay. >> Right? So, technically, you're over your daily limit. >> Oh, okay. >> According to us. >> Okay. >> Right? >> Yeah. When you're down here on the dock, >> Uh-huh. >> you cannot have more than a daily limit. Cannot be in possession of more than a daily limit. >> Okay. >> And and the other thing, so you're claiming all these are yours 100%, right? So, if your wife if you guys only have one basket like this, >> She would have to have a different basket. >> Well, either a different basket or you'd have to have them identifiable some way, somehow. So, the way the law is wrote is that it's separate or identifiable. >> Okay. >> So, they don't necessarily have to be separate, but you have to be able to if I reach in and pull one out, you have to say, "Well, that one's mine." I'll say, "Well, how do you know that?" Well, some guys use a hole puncher and they'll punch a hole in a fin. They say, "Hey, mine are all hole punch." Um or some people cut fins, whatever. Somehow, some way, you have to be able to identify whose are whose. Okay? >> Okay. >> So, that's where we're at. Um do you have ID with you again? Can I see your >> but >> Okay, can you get your ID for me? >> Sure. >> Uh give me your bucket again. Or did you take it back? >> [snorts] >> Pull one out. And I'll pull uh a small one out. He's a little over a real good size. You good? Okay. So, what I did is I pulled one of the smaller ones out. >> Okay. >> Um and then what it's going to be is going to be uh over limit crappie is what it's going to be. >> Okay. >> And I'll explain how you can take care of it. You can handle it by mail or I'm sorry, on the online if you want to do it that way, or you'll have a court date you can appear for court if you want to do it that way, too. Okay? >> Okay. All All >> Go over here real quick. Just Can you hand me my bag? It's the kind of Yep. How long have you lived down here? >> Oh, about 10 years. >> Oh. Where'd you come from? >> Uh Well, I've been in Missouri about 20 years. >> So, uh Here you go. So, court date's going to be June 24th, 2025, and it's going to be Camden County, Camdenton, Missouri, okay? >> Okay. >> Um this blue sheet of paper right here. If you'd like to take care of it online, that's That explains exactly how to take care of it online. >> Okay. >> If you'd like to appear, uh your court date, like I said, June 24th, 2025. Let me rewrite just so it copies through a little bit better. Do you have any questions for me? >> No. >> Okay. All righty. >> All righty. >> Thank you, sir. >> Sorry about that. >> That's all right. If you don't If you don't take care of it before your court date, and if you don't appear for court, they'll issue a warrant for you eventually, okay? >> Yeah. >> All right. Thanks, sir. >> Yep. >> Have a good day. >> Okay, so with the available evidence and the statement from the angler, the officers issued a citation for being in excess of the daily crappie bag limit. He later pled guilty. He was ordered to pay $147.50 in cost and fines, which he later paid, and he received four points on his fishing license. Anyways, that's it for today's video. 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