All right, we're getting a personal shot at 33. >> Welcome back everyone. Today's video comes out of Missouri and features an angler who seemingly does not care about state fishing regulations. In the state of Missouri, anglers are allowed 30 crappie per person with no minimum size limit. Now, it's important to note that that limit does not apply to all bodies of water. Some lakes, such as the Lake of the Ozarks and the Truman Lake, only allow 15 per person with a minimum size limit of 9 or 10 inches. However, in no scenario does it increase beyond the 30 fish per person. Well, an officer with the Missouri Department of Conservation was patrolling the Catclaw Lake when he made contact with an angler to conduct a resource inspection. Now, this lake is one of the lakes that allow 30 per person with no minimum size limit. Let's check it out. How we doing? Conservation agent just checking fishing permits. You be catching anything? >> Yeah, a couple crappie. >> Good deal. You got the old cane pole out. >> Yeah. >> Good to do it. You got that lifetime. >> Yeah, I'm 60 70 years old. >> You are you really? >> I did in 6 1958. >> You would have fooled me. That's all I'm going to say. >> [laughter] >> You would have fooled me. There's that. There's that. Appreciate you. >> Yeah, okay. Thank you. >> Appreciate you. You Are they just here in the bucket? >> Yeah. >> You got your mess of crappie, don't you? >> Yeah. >> All right, yep. I'm just going to dump them out and I'll fill your bucket back. I'm going to take a count. Just so Just so we see what we have. >> I made a mistake. >> 30? >> 30 or 50? >> 30. Okay, out here. >> Oh. Maybe maybe more than 30. I think I'll go home now. >> 30. 40. I'm just going to dump them out. Just so Well, we can refund it. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 29 30, yeah. So, that's 30 right there. That's 30 right there. All right, I think we could all see what's going on here. The officer is only partway through his count, and he's already reached that 30 fish per person limit. Each fish counted after 30 is going to be in excess of the daily bag limit. So, we'll see how many we have total. 35 50, and that's 50. Now, the officer stopped to show the angler what 50 fish looks like because of his incorrectly stated belief that the daily bag limit is 50. As you could tell, he's still well in excess of that number. Yeah, we're Those are on a separate limit. So, we have 86 crappie, and six sunfish. Six sunfish is 20 crappie are 30, so. We are We're a little We're a little over our limit here. Uh No, you're fine You're fine. Well, even if we're at 50, we're at 80. 86. We're almost three times the limit, so. Do you have your ID on you by hand? I I I get you. I get you. You You You're saying 50, and again, we're still at 86 fish. So, and I'll take your your permit card, too. Just need that cuz I'll get your profile off there. And then just your your ID for your identity. Yep, let's go ahead back to your the vehicle real quick. And I'll I'll take these with me. We'll We'll discuss this further. Which vehicle is yours? All right, it just that that Chevy? Oh, the 4Runner? All right, I'll just have you go ahead and put your rod up. I'll have you hang it out the back of your vehicle for me. So, what we're going to have to do is one He's going to be issued a citation for over limit of crappie. times >> 30 46 >> a handful >> 30 46 >> because we're limit's 30 we're 86. We're over by 56. So, I don't know what I'm going to do as of I know I know I'm going to write you a ticket. So, >> 30 46 >> And I'm going to we're taking all but 30. That's what we're going to do. So, walk. I may have you help me separate. So, All right, sir. Just hold tight for me right there. So, here's what we have. I have a we're it's take over limit of fish on department area. It's going to be more than just the one charge cuz we are almost three times the designated limit. And I know you said you thought it was 50, but even then Even then, we're still we're still at 86. On top of that, I'm seizing all but 30 fish. All right, that's how that's how it's going to go. >> Okay. >> So, >> Missouri, like most states, allows each individual fish to be a separate charge for being over the bag limit. This means that if you're 50 fish over, you could potentially be facing 50 criminal charges. Now, now of course, officers have discretion and when you're dealing with a fish like a crappie that has a 30-day bag limit, they might reduce the number of charges per fish over the limit. In some cases, five fish might only be one charge. In some cases, they might only do one charge. It's really up to the officer in that case and what they think is going on and what they think is appropriate. Now, something worth noting that isn't necessarily relevant to this video, but if you have fish over the limit that are also under the minimum size limit, each fish might be two different charges. You might have the over-the-limit charge, but also the under-the-size-limit charge. We posted a video a little while back on our fishing channel that showed somebody that I believe was facing almost 70 criminal charges for keeping lobster in the Florida Keys. >> What I have Here's your two stuff back. So, what I have is, like I said, the take over limit of fish. Um you're going to have court date of 7/1/2025, Jackson County in Jackson County in Independence, Missouri, up there on downtown. You don't have to go to courthouse, though. Um So, right here, 49 55 64, that's going to be the citation number. I'm going to give you I'm going to give you a this blue copy. This blue copy is going to explain how you can take care of everything online. So, you don't have to go to court. You won't have to go to the courthouse for it. >> How much for that? >> I can't I don't know how much it'll be. I I don't know. Once I submit the charges, everything's up to the >> They send back to me >> They won't They won't know Once it's submitted, they will notify you. You'll be able to go into Case Net and reference this information, and it'll know notify you what the charges are. Like I said, you don't have to go to it, though. You can take this stuff right here, this number, and this will give you a website on it. You go to this You go to this web One of these websites. >> Yeah. >> This one right here, and you punch in that citation number, and it'll pull it up, and you can plead right there. Or you can mail it in. And you'll You put the citation number, and you send it to the Independence Courthouse. So. All I need from you is just down here at the X, where it says defendant, just your signature. It's not a plea. >> they said a number supposed to >> That's the number you'll need for the ticket. >> You don't know how much for that. >> I don't know how much it'll be. That's not the price. I pro I mean, I can tell you that, but I don't know how much it'll be. Cuz once I submit charges, it's up to the courthouse. They Once I submit it, it's out of my hands, basically. So, uh give it a couple weeks, cuz you won't be able to do it right now. Uh it has to I have to file it. It has to process through the courts. Those are your two copies. Don't lose those. Make sure you get it taken care of before that court date. If you don't, it does turn into a warrant. Um so, if I can just have you hold tight for me, um you can stand at the back of your vehicle. >> So, 7/1 >> 7/1/2025, July 1st. >> July 1st? >> Yep, just take care of it before that date. So, like I said, I'm going to go through these. Um we're going to take all but 30, and you're going to keep the you're still going to keep the sunfish. Since we have 86, I have to take 56. >> [music] >> Oh, okay. Okay. >> Yep. Yep. >> Now, the officer uses this time to separate out the fish. He's going to allow the angler to keep the 30 fish that he's legally allowed to keep, and he's going to seize the remaining amount. He also uses this as a good time to double-check his count to ensure he has an accurate number for his report. >> Yep, so if you just want to if you want to get your stuff in your car, that's fine. Yeah, that was a couple nothing, is it? So, told me we could keep these. So, we're at 86. We'll count them out. I need to go through them all again. >> Okay. >> That one will stay with us. 1 2 57 58 59 30. And then, here is his six. All right. Here's your 30 fish back plus those six. So, there should be 36 in there. If you want to count them yourself, you can. >> Yeah, that's fine. >> Yep, just to verify. Let me just take them. 51 1 2 3 4 5. I may give him a one. I mean, maybe 85, but we'll go with this final number. I might just have to go back there and wash my hands count them. >> Okay. >> So, I'll do that on my own time. What are you going to charge him for all of that alone? We're going to I'm going to see if somebody wants them. And we'll go from there. So. >> Okay. >> All right. Yeah, if you want to I can take that from you. >> All right. So, being true to his word, the officer recounted the fish and ended up with a total count of 85, placing him 55 over his daily bag limit. Now, back to the officer discretion part, he was only charged with one count of taking or possessing fish in the department area. Now, I want to know what you all think. Do you think one charge was appropriate or do you think it should have been more? Maybe something like 11 charges being one charge per five fish or maybe all 55 charges due to the fact that he seemingly didn't care about the limit and he's so high over. And if you like fishing and hunting content, be sure to check out our channel where we feature exclusively fish and wildlife content. Thank you for watching and please consider [music] subscribing. Have a nice day.