hello guys,
my husband was fishing on a free fishing day last summer in CA.
I dropped him at the river where he was gonna fish and he caught 3 fish ( we are a family of three) in about 30-45 minutes. then after one hour or so I went back to pick him up. However the park rangers were there before me. He got a citation - an infraction - for catching over the bag limit. We had no idea at all about the bag limit or any rules that day. anyways, he was told that he was only allowed to catch two fish, since he got 3 fish he got the infraction. Then we waited for the court day and it was really really snowy so we decided not to go and instead pay the fee. We paid 485$ for that extra fish. Then the clerk told us people appearing in court for the same infraction still paid the same amount, so we wouldnt worry about not going to the court
funny thing is, he really didnt know that rule and it wasnt posted anywhere nearby, and he caught 3 fish and decided stop fishing since we r already 3 people, and sat aside and waited for me. when the rangers arrived, he was already sitting ready to wait me, he wasnt even fishing......if he had known that rule, he wouldnt even boither catching the third fish. this is really a very innocent mistake.....
they also said that (rangers and the court clerk) this is such a very small thing, maybe even less important than a traffic violation, so they told us not to worry at all.
now we are going to file 485 for our dv2012 case. we are wondering if this citation will be a problem on my husband's application. we are going to tell the truth, but I want to hear from any other experienced people.
thanks for reading and sharing your comments.
my husband was fishing on a free fishing day last summer in CA.
I dropped him at the river where he was gonna fish and he caught 3 fish ( we are a family of three) in about 30-45 minutes. then after one hour or so I went back to pick him up. However the park rangers were there before me. He got a citation - an infraction - for catching over the bag limit. We had no idea at all about the bag limit or any rules that day. anyways, he was told that he was only allowed to catch two fish, since he got 3 fish he got the infraction. Then we waited for the court day and it was really really snowy so we decided not to go and instead pay the fee. We paid 485$ for that extra fish. Then the clerk told us people appearing in court for the same infraction still paid the same amount, so we wouldnt worry about not going to the court
funny thing is, he really didnt know that rule and it wasnt posted anywhere nearby, and he caught 3 fish and decided stop fishing since we r already 3 people, and sat aside and waited for me. when the rangers arrived, he was already sitting ready to wait me, he wasnt even fishing......if he had known that rule, he wouldnt even boither catching the third fish. this is really a very innocent mistake.....
they also said that (rangers and the court clerk) this is such a very small thing, maybe even less important than a traffic violation, so they told us not to worry at all.
now we are going to file 485 for our dv2012 case. we are wondering if this citation will be a problem on my husband's application. we are going to tell the truth, but I want to hear from any other experienced people.
thanks for reading and sharing your comments.