Violation Reported to LWLF

[southern151]

Yesterday while fishing on the MS River, we came across an approx 100' gillnet that was full of dead fish and 2 living. We cut the two living out and released them. You should have seen the size of these blues that were dead and rotting in there!

Well, the more I thought about it, the madder that I got!!!! Agents travel the top of the levee all the time as well as the Levee board and you can't miss 40 bouys in a line!! I decided to call it in. I talked to a lady that seemed to care less. She took my number and said that she would have an agent call me...As of right now, I have still yet to hear back from an agent on this!!!

I guess they don't care or are too busy sitting at landings writing easy tickets rather than helping remove something that damages one of the things they are sworn to protect!!! The net is still there because I couldn't get it out alone and didn't want to take the chance of confrontation if the owner arrived. I will say though that due to things I can't describe, the net is far less efficient than it was before I found it.

If the owner is reading this, your net's in pretty bad shape. I'd say I feel bad bout it but I don't. The least thing they could have done is stay on top of it and not let the fish go to waste!!!