Cafeoutdoors.com: Oranged Tag by MDC

That what I was thinking , I know the rules for trotlining say " Only 33 max hooks and must be checked every 24 hrs " but the MDC didn't leave a time they checked them just a date to remove them and that date wasn't 24 hrs since I last time I checked the trot lines.--

--Also I've never had lines out for 3 days and not single fish on them , so suspect someone had been stealing the catfish on some of them . Sunday we stayed until around 4am and had removed all but a doz in a cove we were crappie fishing at. Three boats were hanging around at the back of the cove real near the shore and we were at the mouth of the cove . I'd spotlight the jugs every half hour or so to see if any fish had tipped up the jugs or were pulling them around . When I removed them most had no bait and all had no catfish ?--

--weird--

Only time I've been oranged tag and I've seen some people's lines left out for weeks and I've never seen any tags on them. Not sure what I'd do if I caught someone stealing from me , probally best to record their boat ID number on side of boat and have a witness there besides me, like I did that night. Then turned them into MDC ; or have my 30/06 with me and said witness holding spotlight on their outboard ----

--what do think 165gr soft point or 180gr silvertip--

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