Fish and Game Council Bureau Reports for June just arrived. One poaching bust jumps out. It was carried out by Conservation Police Officer Klitz while monitoring busy fishing activity at the South Jetty in Barnegat Lighthouse State Park.
Per Klitz’s enforcement report, he observed two individuals leaving the jetty area hauling “heavy re-usable bags.” The bags were significantly loaded, catching the officer’s eye. He knew the fishing that day was not of a bag-filling intensity – that is, the legal catching was not the stuff of bag strain.
Klitz demanded a look inside the bags. What an ugly eye-opener!
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