[tailandscalesc]

Hi, everyone we just wanted to say hello from SC. Still figuring out this new setup and wanted everyone to know if anyone is interested in hunting alligators or bowfishing the waters of SC feel free to contact me. I would also be glad to help anyone with questions they may have about South Carolina.
Jordan Patrick
(803) 664-0291

 

[Michael]

I've got a question... Why do SC DNR take you to jail if you don't have the cash to pay a ticket on the spot?

 

[Taylor0208]

they do WHAT!!! WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED

 

[Michael]

Wasn't me, but have had 3 different friends who on 2 different occasions had to spend the night in jail because they didn't have the cash on hand to pay their fine.

 

[Michael]

First occasion was Steve Dye and Ray Fitzgerald had to spend the night in a SC jail because a SC warden didn't think they should be shooting fish on the SC side of the Savannah River with just a GA license. The next day they were released and the charges were later dropped, but that was little consequence after having to spend the night in jail... SOBER

 

[Michael]

Now I'm worried what will happen next yr when we are caught wreslting a gator on the SC side of the Savannah River... even if the fight started on the GA side???

 

[Taylor0208]

that don't sound right. i would have been pizzed!!!

 

[Southern Draw]

Never heard of such

 

[wesleystokes1]

sc dnr does not require you to pay anything until a u either plead guilty or go infront of a judge in madgestrates court.

 

[TeamTailandScale]

sc dnr does not require you to pay anything until a u either plead guilty or go infront of a judge in madgestrates court.

:tu:

 

[Chris22]

sc dnr does not require you to pay anything until a u either plead guilty or go infront of a judge in madgestrates court.

I watched the DNR do the same thing to four guys fishing with out license next to my job site on the Broad River in Columbia. I was trying to leave and asked them if they could move there trucks to out side of lane closure so i could pull barricades to block construction entrance and the officer told me they would be a while cause he was waiting on two of the guys to get cash brought to them or they were going to jail and he would slide barricades back when they left. This just happened a few weeks ago.

 

[fishstick]

sounds like they shake people down.....wonder where the cash "goes"

 

[Chris22]

sounds like they shake people down.....wonder where the cash "goes"

I figured the DNR officer was doing just that making him some weekend walking around money but now that letshunt is saying that he new some guys that actually got taken to jail for not paying on the spot even when they were fishing legally then this might be some kind of new SCDNR reg.

 

[scriverrat]

iv never herd of anything like this...but i could see it happening to me cause i never carry cash...and if they want to give you a ticket they will find somfin...i was crappie fishin on gwood and got checked..he checked all the normal stuff and then asked how many fish i had...i told him 28...he counted them..28(limit is 30)..then he asked where i put in at..i told him shrine club...he said come on i need to check your truck...so he followed me all the way to the truck, checked under my seats and every compartment i had...

 

[tailandscalesc]

i believe if i had been takin to jail like those fellas, i would have pressed charges...someone would have some heat for that 1

 

[JDLEE1105]

yeah dont sound good

 

[JpEater]

I figured the DNR officer was doing just that making him some weekend walking around money but now that letshunt is saying that he new some guys that actually got taken to jail for not paying on the spot even when they were fishing legally then this might be some kind of new SCDNR reg.

Its not "New" rule. Michaels story is from many years ago.

 

[SAC]

same thing happened to me a few years back, cash bond on the spot or go to jail, thats not right but at least between 6 people we had the cash!

 

[wesleystokes1]

talked to gamewarden today and he says they have no right to take cash from anyone unless you have a pastdue ticket. which means you have a bench warent

 

[Chris22]

By the looks of the four guys that i seen having to pay cash on the spot i would say they were illegal aliens and probably did not have a proper identification so i wonder if that is why they were having to pay on the spot. Sac did you have any warrants when this happened to you? Sounds to me like something other than the carp in the tub smells kind of fishy.