{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Illegal to wade Gravelly Point

had two run-ins while fishing with the pigs. onece, a guy gave me a tickit for keeping a 14" perch. The tickit was for keeping an undersized rockfish. The other time, I was fishing at the northwest branch for crappies and got a ticket for being in front of the dam fence

On Thursday, May 30, 2013 10:08:55 AM UTC-4, FlyTimesDC 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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