Fishing and Hunting is being stolen from you in the USA

One Example of  angler taking 33 redfish and the limit is like 2 or 1 per day!









In Central Florida and all over the US and most Recently Poaching of fish and wildlife for the commercial market is taking from the people who respect the law and enjoy the activities of fishing and hunting. If you see it report it and stop as much as you can for the next generation or it will not be available to your children or grand Children.
A lot of use may have in our younger days cheated and doen something we could have been fined for , but the populations and the habitat reduction as well as lack of respect from some people of many ethnic groups and the money that some will pay for fish and certain natural resources. , Wahoo thinks we can make a difference and hope you will
" This is from a report from WFTV in Central Florida !
Fish and wildlife officers said they arrested more than 50 people in a major poaching sting. The suspects were illegally selling deer, turtles, fish and other wildlife.  Fish and Wildlife officers said Central Florida lakes and woods are full of crooked anglers and hunters.
 Undercover fish and wildlife officers crisscrossed five Florida counties, including Marion and Volusia, to cut deals with professional poachers.  "It's in the woods. It's in the parking lot of a convenience store. Somebody's yard," Fish and Wildlife officer Capt. Gregg Eason said.
 Eason led a task force that spent the last 15 months infiltrating a criminal network that bought and sold  protected species of fish and wildlife on the black market.  Fifty-six arrests have been made so far -- 34 felonies and 280 misdemeanors connected to the illegal buying and selling of fresh and saltwater fish, along with deer, turtles and tortoises, even bear paws in one sting in Florida.
 In some cases, an individual catch weighed hundreds of pounds. Officers not only rounded up crooked fishermen and hunters, but also restaurant and convenience store managers who bought from them.
 Fish and wildlife can't put a dollar figure on everything that was bought and sold during this sting, but they say the money can be so good that many of these suspects made a living at it. And they're certain there are more where these guys came from.
A few examples of the money involved: Officers say poachers could get up to $100 for a deer, $25 for a gopher tortoise and $2 per pound for bass.
Stop and report it if you see it or even suspect it the good guys can win this and it cost nothing.