I've had two run-ins with police of the GWMP.
"put your ankle in the water again and I'll arrest you" was from a NPS Police officer last year at Chain Bridge
"fish on the dock again and I'll arrest you" was from an officer two years ago when I was fishing from the pier at Gravelly -which it states "No ishing from docks" the 'f' is clearly gone but she didn't care.
I saw some kids get pulled out of the falls on Difficult Run a few years ago on Labor Day weekend. They ended up giving an attitude to the cop so he went from a warning to writing all of them tickets. Punk teenagers! I always fished there when my friend went swimming in high school.
This all goes back to the other Rob who was pulled out of Roaches a few years back.
I'm hoping it was just a one time incident at Gravelly.
Rob Snowhite
From: Jeffrey Silvan <jeffreysilvan@gmail.com>
To: tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Illegal to wade Gravelly Point
So I'm curious... Seeing Rob's and Mike's posts, it seems pretty clear it technically is illegal to wade at any time of the day at Gravelly, and at least a couple other locations we talk about here. Has anyone ever had any other issue there (or any of the other locations) during the day?
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Mike Bailey <mike@baileywx.com> wrote:
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tidal-potomac-fly-rodders/CABaYb1P86akUiw8wGwJmdv3YKjU%3DX%3D%2BHhO9XFSVQctj-T%3Do07A%40mail.gmail.com?hl=en-US.--On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 10:08 AM, FlyTimesDC <Rsmothers@targetedvictory.com> wrote:So last night I was fishing the outgoing tide at gravelly point around 2:30 am when a park officer called me out of the water saying the park closed at 12 (I've never heard of the inlet our outflow ever being closed but left without resistance). He then asked to see my license, which I promptly gave him, and we went back to his car. I'm pretty sure he was looking for any excuse to ticket me, because he then sat in his car for about 10 minutes reading up on ordinances and rules. When he returned, he gave me back my licenses and a $130 fine for "Entering the Potomac". Umm, what? I have a court date in June and plan on fighting this. There are no signs or anything else to indicate that A) wading is illegal in the inlet and B) that the inlet is closed at 12am. Curious to hear y'all's thoughts. I've heard of people being hassled by airport police at Gravelly but this is a tad ridiculous.Thanks,Remick--
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