Post by Ghost on Feb 22, 2010 19:25:24 GMT -6
About 25 years ago I had just left the police department.
I'm fishing the back end of a lake near my house.
Just a little background: this lake is is part of a park and to get to the section I was at you needed to park your car by the dam and walk a 1/2 mie or so to the back of the lake. Two small rivers ran into the lake both to my right, also to my right was a stand of trees. These "woods" looked deep and dark, but ran about a quarter mile to the road. In fact you could park on the road and follow the path to wear I was fishing.
Because of the walk I had my vest on with lic from NJ NY and PA attached to the back.
OK now I'm fish and just banging away on these fish. Stocked trout in the lake, LM in the river mouths, crappie and gills.
I'm fishing and along comes these two guys, 18 19 years old and my police sense kicks in and I don't get a good feeling about these guys.
They park next to me and start flailing away with about 30 pounds of weight some sorry looking salmon eggs and foe each cast they have to have a beer.
Now I don't care you want to drink, but there was no alcohol in the park and these guys were under age. As I was about to say something, I hear some noise coming from behind me in the woods. I turn and don't see anything, which surprises me, cause the woods ain't that deep. I hear a splash and I turn to face the kids, and they had just thrown an empty bottle into the lake.
Now I'm pissed, and ready to go off on them, then I hear more noise in the woods, turn and look, nothing, turn back to the kids and I see a cop car driving down the edge of the lake coming toward to me. The kids open some more beer and have no clue the car is coming.
Again I hear a noise in the woods, now I know something ain't right and I start moving toward the river getting ready to head for the island between the river and the lake.
Bam, I hear a whole Lotta noise from behind me and out of the woods come a game officer. I've fished that area foe 50 years, and that was the first and only time I ever saw one in that area.
He looks at me, then the kids, and just then the cops pull up and out steps a buddy of mine.
He says to me Tommy why don't you step up stream a little ways. I started moving.
Ranger says glad you got all them license now ya may want to move up river. I'm still moving, but kinda listening to what is going on.
Now the 3 law men are talking to the kids and asked for a fishing license. Kid number 1 says, nope don't have a license, give me a ticket. Boy number 2 says oh yeah I have a license, it is in the tackle box. Kid number 1 says no there ain't nothing in the box we don't have a license.
Number 2 says sure we do I'll get it.
He opens the tackle box and sitting right on top of the first tray is about a pound of pot.
BUSTED!!!
kids are cuffed and put in the car, I walk over and talk to my buddy, and the ranger. We started laughing about how "smart' these guys were. Ranger complained about how hard it was for him to sneak up on me in the woods. Said he would move and I would turn. Claimed it was my NINJA training.
If that guy was sneaking up on me, it sounded like a heard of zebras coming through the woods. Just couldn't see the bum!
I'm fishing the back end of a lake near my house.
Just a little background: this lake is is part of a park and to get to the section I was at you needed to park your car by the dam and walk a 1/2 mie or so to the back of the lake. Two small rivers ran into the lake both to my right, also to my right was a stand of trees. These "woods" looked deep and dark, but ran about a quarter mile to the road. In fact you could park on the road and follow the path to wear I was fishing.
Because of the walk I had my vest on with lic from NJ NY and PA attached to the back.
OK now I'm fish and just banging away on these fish. Stocked trout in the lake, LM in the river mouths, crappie and gills.
I'm fishing and along comes these two guys, 18 19 years old and my police sense kicks in and I don't get a good feeling about these guys.
They park next to me and start flailing away with about 30 pounds of weight some sorry looking salmon eggs and foe each cast they have to have a beer.
Now I don't care you want to drink, but there was no alcohol in the park and these guys were under age. As I was about to say something, I hear some noise coming from behind me in the woods. I turn and don't see anything, which surprises me, cause the woods ain't that deep. I hear a splash and I turn to face the kids, and they had just thrown an empty bottle into the lake.
Now I'm pissed, and ready to go off on them, then I hear more noise in the woods, turn and look, nothing, turn back to the kids and I see a cop car driving down the edge of the lake coming toward to me. The kids open some more beer and have no clue the car is coming.
Again I hear a noise in the woods, now I know something ain't right and I start moving toward the river getting ready to head for the island between the river and the lake.
Bam, I hear a whole Lotta noise from behind me and out of the woods come a game officer. I've fished that area foe 50 years, and that was the first and only time I ever saw one in that area.
He looks at me, then the kids, and just then the cops pull up and out steps a buddy of mine.
He says to me Tommy why don't you step up stream a little ways. I started moving.
Ranger says glad you got all them license now ya may want to move up river. I'm still moving, but kinda listening to what is going on.
Now the 3 law men are talking to the kids and asked for a fishing license. Kid number 1 says, nope don't have a license, give me a ticket. Boy number 2 says oh yeah I have a license, it is in the tackle box. Kid number 1 says no there ain't nothing in the box we don't have a license.
Number 2 says sure we do I'll get it.
He opens the tackle box and sitting right on top of the first tray is about a pound of pot.
BUSTED!!!
kids are cuffed and put in the car, I walk over and talk to my buddy, and the ranger. We started laughing about how "smart' these guys were. Ranger complained about how hard it was for him to sneak up on me in the woods. Said he would move and I would turn. Claimed it was my NINJA training.
If that guy was sneaking up on me, it sounded like a heard of zebras coming through the woods. Just couldn't see the bum!
