Tidal Basin Bucketmouth then bust

Senor_denito

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Jun 1, 2013, 6:01:33 PM6/1/13

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Hit up the tidal basin nice and early today. It was mellow with minimal tourist activity. Ended up getting into this largemouth off of Rob's worm pattern that I tied.

Unfortunately I was only able to fish for 15 minutes. An insanely aggro cop with the worst Napoleon complex approached me and would not accept my digital PDF version of my fishing license which is clearly linked to my drivers license which I presented to him. He stated I must have some incredible computer skills as I could have created it on photoshop or something like that.

I was then frisked. He ran through my pockets and emptied the contents of my bag and finally escorted me to my bicycle and asked me to leave.

Somehow I was able to get out of a ticket. Hope no one has to deal with that dude ever.

Senor_denito

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Jun 1, 2013, 6:04:37 PM6/1/13

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Here's the flick of the fish.

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TurbineBlade

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Jun 1, 2013, 6:21:45 PM6/1/13

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MPD checks for DC fishing licenses? I was just talking to someone about this, but trying to determine who enforces law and what the law actually is seems really complex in our area.

That's a really nice fish BTW -- if I ever make it up to TB to fish I'll hit up you and Rich for information ;).

Gene

Robert Clark

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Jun 1, 2013, 8:32:54 PM6/1/13

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I thought this was a free fishing week- the DDOE website states June 1-9 you don't need a fishing license; it's tied with the Nathional Fishing and Boating week. So you shouldn't have had to produce a license. Guess that only matters if you were ticketed but that doesn't help the fact the officer ruined a good day of fishing.

Or maybe I just misunderstood the website...

-RLC

On Jun 1, 2013 6:01 PM, "Senor_denito" <felici...@gmail.com> wrote: