So, we're just going to hop on. So, we don't need you guys to stay on that side just for us. That way, we can hop on easier. Don't want to move all the weight over to one side. How you guys doing? Good. You guys been boarded by Coast Guard before? Oh, yeah. When were you boarded? Well, here Panama City where we're from. Panama City. How long ago? Well, not on this boat. Been a while. Not on this boat. All right, Cap, you're good. You stay where you are. Just gonna hop on over. All right, guys. How you going? How you doing? Good. Good. All right. I'm Officer Hardgrave. This is my partner, Officer Petri. And then we have Officer Garcia with FBC with us here today as well. We're going to be checking your safety gear. She's going to be checking some of your related stuff. I'll take those since you're already holding them off for us. Oh, here's mine. I don't need Don't need this. Just a captain. I'll get the fishing license afterwards. I just need him to finish HBO so I can go. Yep. So, do you guys have any weapons or anything? I don't want to interrupt. He's got a He's got a method. That's all I got. All right. Uh, can I get your license registration? I got your license. Can I get your certificate registration on board? Yeah. And then while we're doing the certificate and stuff, he'll go over the rest of the boating safety gear and then I'll ask all the fishing questions after while he's handwriting everything. That's a nice clipboard though, Demetri. Thank you. It's almost like the one I gave you guys last time, the black one. Wow. So, see if it swing this here. It's going to be for the boat. Some people like to give me the trailer ones by accident. I know. Hold on. Wait, this is 2024 registration. 2023. It should be good to for a year. 2024. No, this one expires. Where's 2025? Is that in this bag? It should. Maybe this cuz this has two pieces. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. 2025 is right here. Look at that. You need to throw this stuff away. Shred it. Yeah. One second. He's the owner. You can take his license. I don't need it. Those are all set. I need this. So, while he's doing that, who's fishing today? All of us. All of you. All right. So, I'll check back in there. Not much. Just some yellow tail. 26. Can you also run the yo? Yeah. All right. Give this to Can you give that to that nice officer over there for me? Yes, he needs that. And then I need everybody's fishing licenses. What did you guys catch today before I look at it? Yellow tail. Who you guys all call yellow tail? Yeah. What' you use to measure? Oh, okay. Cool. Cool. Uh, how many yellow tail you guys catch? Total 14. Nice. Not. All right. So, in the off chance that any of those yellow I measure are under size, would the captain take full responsibility? If not, I will. You would? Cuz I measured it. It's 100% my fault if anything. So, I will take the blame for that. Beautiful. Yeah. Just cuz if not, then everybody would get it and that would suck. will not be happening today. All right. So, we got your I don't have I don't have hers. I just re we have an app though. Okay. So, these are expired. I do need the app for you to verify for me. Matilda, we got 322 2028. Beautiful. Mine is expired. That's right. That hardcore. Uhhuh. You want to see my Do you want to see my license license? Well, I have I'll hold on to that because in case I need the fish under size, I will need it. You're That's expired. I need a current one. 1026. I got to call dispatch later. He sounds really staticky. No, he's got a registration. No, you just gave me the registration. I didn't have I didn't have the registration. All right, Andrew, your saltwater 517 2025. Beautiful. Thank you, sir. And Viviana. Saltwater 527 2025. Beautiful. Her mom's name is Vivian. So, close enough. So, if you want and you don't have to do the whole app, they have the app already. They could just add you real quick here by your name, date of birth, and last for your social. You can add I have my whole family on my phone. You're adding five. And then I need Denise, too. And then German, this is yours. Thank you, sir. Thank you for collecting your trash. I appreciate that. All right. So, while they're doing that, mind if I check any coolers, hatches on board, or fish boxes where any fish could be kept? All right. This is hers. So, if it doesn't show anything, that means she doesn't have a license. Wait, wait. That means her licenses are expired. That's your Yeah, if it doesn't show anything, that means there's no license for the person. The QR code doesn't work for us. I don't know why they did that. Oh, wait. Hold on. Let me know if it pops back up. You only have 14. So, I And I got two good licenses, but just so you guys know, I would double check cuz it doesn't look like she has one. Cuz when it shows blank like that, that means it's expired. Yeah. When it expires, it automatically deletes. All right. Sorry, I'm going to start checking just to make sure. This is What's in here? Batteries. Oh, there it is. Yeah, this is Martin, not Denise. So, Martin's 519 2028. Maybe you forgot Denise cuz it's not popping up. Yeah, you should get an email confirmation saying transaction confirmation for her. If that works too, it's fine. But like I said on the app, it's not showing up. And it's happened before where it doesn't show up, but they have it. So double check. Make sure you get an email confirmation that that comes from Go Outdoors Florida. Water's beautiful. All right. Now I'm going to check your catch. Glad they're all dead. The last guy had measure his fish. They were all alive in the live well and I had to fish them out. That was not fun. [Music] Got some jacks. [Music] Oh my gosh. In state waters, yellowtail snapper have a minimum size requirement of 12 in measured as total length with the tail pinched. Each angller is allowed up to 10 per person within the 10 snapper aggregate bag limit. Yeah, it'll be from Go Outdoors Florida is the one that'll send you and it'll say transaction confirmation on it. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Well, for not having a license, it's Yeah. Yeah, that's fine. Blue runner. What do you do with your blue runner? Do you eat them? Yeah, we're going to use them for me. Oh, thank God. Okay. All right. 12. These are not. So, I'm going to double check these. Nope. I'm gonna double check them. I'm gonna check on your ruler because mine they're not. Yeah. So, when I pinch this one, hers, she says, "Yeah, this one's a little less than 12 on yours." And then on mine, he's 11 and 75. I'm sorry. I I swear it's one I'm comparing it to yours. I hate rulers like this cuz they're hard. Yeah. on yours here. It shows Mhm. Yeah, it shows it touching the 12 on yours. Yeah, that's why I was cuz I Wait, let me line it. Let me line it up. Hold on. It It shows it like a like just before like No, like a tiny smidge. But even then it for me it's it's a quarter of an inch. So yours is a quarter of an inch off. That's two. Yeah. These are on Amazon. Our stainless steel sticks. This is sold on Amazon for 26 bucks. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They're available on Amazon. Because this is hard. I will tell you right now, even me doing this. Imagine you doing it alive. I don't blame you. I'm not saying you have ill intent. But unfortunately, I do have to document this because this is quite a few. This one I'm going to give you cuz it's right there. And that's me. And I'm not even pushing the mouth all the way in. I'm giving you the courtesy of at least having one more. But these four are not these four. This one's also showing a little less than your end. little like but again it's hard for like I can get where you're coming from to line it up here on the corner cuz now it's the tail's like right before it but then on mine on mine he's 10 four can you change this to a signal 62 golf and assign an offense number please that's three and then this one and I'm even trying to straighten mouth is here cuz see look I'm not blaming You look I do it and it's like just right there as well. See it is. And then I do it on mine and he's he's a quarter of an inch short. All four of them are. So your ruler is like I even put mine Let's Let's do this. Yeah. Put your ruler up to this. Let me do it this way. Yeah. Cuz my 12 is See, look at where my 12 is compared to yours. Mine is further out. Just like a smidge. So And that's me trying. And that's me trying. It's almost like 38 of an inch. Yeah. But then I you saw me do it here. It showed it's it's less. Yeah. It's still under. Yeah. All right. So, I will take I do need a driver's license now. Unfortunately, I don't want to give you my license. You don't know. No, she already said it prior. I'm the one who It's a f It's a first offense. Realistically, what they're going to do is probably drop the actual criminal charge cuz it is criminal. It's a misdemeanor. I'm not taking you to jail right now. I'm just giving you I'm giving you a notice of appear. Yeah. All fish violations are misdemeanors. I'm only going to give you I'm going to give you a notice of appear. Just means you got to go up to court. I know you're not from here. I'm going to have them check see if you have any history. If you don't have history, I'm going to give you a notice of appear. You can either go in person or have an attorney represent you. That's fine as long as somebody appears. Okay? If you do that, I'm giving you that paper. You can go home today and then go whenever day it is. Usually for first- time offenses and and I'm being honest, 99% of the time they'll drop the criminal, make you do an FWC course court costs and uh and then six months probation where you can't fish in Monroe County for six months. After that, you're good and you have no criminal history. There's no criminal history. Doesn't pop up as a misdemeanor. All right. Okay. So, do what do I need to get an attorney for this thing? That's that you can either represent yourself or have an attorney. It's up to you. You can ask all the questions at the at the number I'm going to give you for the court cuz all I'm doing right now is just documenting it. Everything that gets hand in the court is not me. Okay? I type up a super long narrative and stuff and then they handle that. So, all right. Sorry. It happens. But it's good to know at least now you know you're about your ruler. Yeah, no kidding. 9 for52 marathon 1065 a 427. Where's Lyn Haven? I have a dirty hand. I mean, would you put that line measure? Yes. Yes, I know. That's why I do all that. I do that's I do all of that. I come That's why That's why before I look at it, before I look at it, that's why I'm saying I know you don't have intent. I still have to document it, but I I I'm going to write. That's why I asked you what you used to measure before I looked at it. I even compared it to mine. Okay. Go ahead. I do all I I be as just as possible. I try. All right. So, now I'm going to take my pictures now. So, these fish will be essentially seized because they're illegal to have. So, I'm going to stab them and throw them overboard because I don't take them home. I don't keep them. That's it's a huge thing that people a rumor and it's not true. We don't keep them. But you do have one that I get back. So, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10 good ones. So, that's good. Let me put let me separate these and then I'll le I'll put your 10 back in the cooler at least while they're dispatches running their stuff. Hold this for me. I'm going to smell horrible now. You're welcome. Boyfriend knows I had a good day at work cuz he does my laundry. There you go. Do not tell him I told you that we cuz he's he's a coasty. I know you will. You're going to text me like happy birthday by the way. Making the dog away. Let's talk about that. [Music] Okay, these fish are going to stay here till I come right back. Please don't touch them cuz if you do, then that's considered tampering. You want us to just hang or you want to stop? One of you can. I'm going to hop right back over. Then I got to stab them and throw them over. But I want to get this over with that way she can read her stuff. I got to type it up real quick. Yeah, he's in a stay. Are you going to do me bow in? I sounded so bad. You going to put the bow in it? Please don't drop any. So, I have to reprint it. Oh my god, it's hot. You guys don't have AC like the 45 does. Whoa. I stuck it. All right. I gave you back your license. Yes, I did. Okay. So, it's going to be your copy. Your cop is going to be identical to mine. It just says the violation, which is just the yellow snapper. On the back, I circled the court date, time, and phone number. If you can't make it or attorney or whatever you end up choosing to do, that's all you uh this is the phone number you call, and they'll be more than happy to help you. The people there are super nice, super helpful. Could I could I call them and get it changed like till tomorrow? Uh, no. Well, no, cuz I have I have to I have to type a whole separate report. I got three days to do it. So, I will turn it in probably before Friday. Okay. Um, sometimes they'll do it through Zoom. You can call the number and ask. That's why I circle that number for you. They're going to be your biggest helpers because after this, yeah, they could do it. They do it through Zoom, too. They do have options for that. Um, I do need you to sign my copy. If you want to read yours, absolutely fine. My copy is isn't saying, it's not admission of guilt. It's just saying that you promise to appear in court. Okay? Either you or attorney or whatever it is. As long as there's some representation in court on either the court date or any support date, you reschedule. That's all this means. If you don't show up, you get a bench war and then you get arrested. That's all this means. Okay, you can read it. I'm going to stab your fish real quick. I'm going to put this upside down, though, cuz I don't want paper to fly. So, when you're ready to sign it, just let me know. No rush. I don't take offense if people read it. I'm just going to stab these guys so they sink. Come on. There we go. Hey, wait a minute. One second. Give me a second. Let me finish stabbing them. I think for the knife I'll take a spray of the fresh water if you don't mind. Oh, then that's fine. No, that's fine. No, no, that's fine. Yeah, I got rust spray on it, so it shouldn't go too bad. All right. What is your question? Okay, my question is this. So, this is saying that cuz this says I'm totally get which I am, but then there's no because I don't think I am. No, like I said, this is just the paper. I'm gonna do an actual I have to sit down and do a whole near I have three days to do it. Yeah. No, no, no. This is just the charge. It's me documenting that there was a charge. Now I got to sit down in the office all day tomorrow and type up the huge I'm going to rewatch my body cam, talk about how I looked at your cooler. You told me your cooler. I measure with your cooler is what it shows. This is what it shows on mine. I do everything. I promise you. And then you'll get access to that. Absolutely. Perfect. Yes, you do. Yes. No, I know. I know. Wait a minute here. No, no, no. Guilty without even I know that. But it's just it's just a quick little charge cuz if I sit here and type it, it would take us days and you guys want to go back home. All right. What do you need me to sign? Uh, I'll give it to you in just a second. But everything's good there. All your information is correct. Your address, your phone number, everything. Check all. I was too busy reading. No worries. That's fine. Just want to make sure your phone number is right. Uh, let's see. Uh, your phone number. Beautiful. All right. It's all good. So, and my copy is right here. You have to sign where the X is. Again, you're not admitting to be guilty. You're just ad promising me that you're going to show up to court. If not, then I do have to take you to jail. All right. So, and I don't want to do that. You guys had such a good day. This is the most This is one of the most snapper I've seen on board in like a month. So Oh, really? Absolutely. Oh, that's a good thing. Absolutely. So, all right, guys. Did I take back my Oh, you're holding it. Thank you so much. Sorry to be the bear. Bad news. You guys do have good fish. It's good to know about your cooler. It's good to know that we need a FW. Well, it's not that you need it, but it's it's helpful. Some people will drill it because it's got holes in it for screws. People will drill it into the stern of their boat, and it's aluminum. Doesn't rust. I've had this for years. Doesn't rust, doesn't anything. I wipe it down with otoband or alcohol. Good as new. Amazon. Yep. Check it. It's called the checket stick. If you want to look at it, take a photo of it. It's called the checket stick. Yeah. All righty. Well, thanks. No problem. So, I guess for you when you measure your snapper, try to get them to a 13 then. Well, yeah. So, then 13 there will be like 12 and a half. So, it'll be good. And you'll get more filt. So, I'm telling you, people don't think that a 14-inch snapper compared to 12in snapper, the fillet size is ginormous. He's got it. You're not going to be able to move that boat cap. No, I must hang it up. Oh, you're all good. This is the giant buoy. You guys be safe. Enjoy your catch. In the end, Matilda was charged with being in possession of undersized yellowtail snapper, a misdemeanor charge. She pled no contest and was ordered to pay a total of $38 in cost and fines. She did not have to take a fishing regulations course and did not get sentenced to 6 months of probation, two things that are very common in Monroe County cases. If you like this video and want to see more like it, subscribe to Arrest Cam. As always, thanks for watching.