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<blockquote data-quote="RidgeHunter" data-source="post: 1782024" data-attributes="member: 4319"><p>Precedents in enforcement don't make an interpretation don't make your interpretation of the law any more valid than Jared's being a warden makes him correct (which I never implied or stated, and don't believe).</p><p></p><p>All kinds of laws have histories of non-enforcement/lax enforcement. Speeding, jaywalking, etc, etc. That doesn't mean there is not a law against those offenses, and it doesn't mean the way they are enforced is not subject to change. I've beed told many times by a cop "Hey, you're probably not supposed to be doing this, but be smart about it." That's not a defense if another cop pops me for the same thing. </p><p></p><p>I get your point. You're saying that a feel stick is not used to actually "take a fish". I think, according to the law, conventional use of a feel stick is against the hands only law. Unless you have a stick for an arm. The law is "by use of hands only" not "by use of hands and a stick only". So, if law enforcement observes you noodling, and observes you going in with a stick, or asking your partner to hand you a stick, etc. - he could build a reasonable case that you are using that stick in a way that violates the hands-only noodling law. Underwater camera not necessary. It's fairly easy to observe a noodler and see what he is doing with that stick.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RidgeHunter, post: 1782024, member: 4319"] Precedents in enforcement don't make an interpretation don't make your interpretation of the law any more valid than Jared's being a warden makes him correct (which I never implied or stated, and don't believe). All kinds of laws have histories of non-enforcement/lax enforcement. Speeding, jaywalking, etc, etc. That doesn't mean there is not a law against those offenses, and it doesn't mean the way they are enforced is not subject to change. I've beed told many times by a cop "Hey, you're probably not supposed to be doing this, but be smart about it." That's not a defense if another cop pops me for the same thing. I get your point. You're saying that a feel stick is not used to actually "take a fish". I think, according to the law, conventional use of a feel stick is against the hands only law. Unless you have a stick for an arm. The law is "by use of hands only" not "by use of hands and a stick only". So, if law enforcement observes you noodling, and observes you going in with a stick, or asking your partner to hand you a stick, etc. - he could build a reasonable case that you are using that stick in a way that violates the hands-only noodling law. Underwater camera not necessary. It's fairly easy to observe a noodler and see what he is doing with that stick. [/QUOTE]
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