Parks & Wildlife Reports “Shock on the Water” in Robertson County

News release from Texas Parks and Wildlife:

A Robertson County game warden and a Brazos County game warden contacted a group of seven fishermen on the Brazos River outside of Hearne, where the fishermen had just pulled their boat out of the water. The wardens believed these were the fishermen involved in a case of illegal fishing, which the wardens had been investigating for two years. As the wardens approached the boat, one fisherman immediately went around to the other side of the boat. When the wardens caught up to him, they saw him trying to pull a fish shocker and cables from the boat. The boat owner admitted to having the electronic fish shocking device and using it to catch the nine catfish they had onboard. After getting consent to search the vehicles on scene, the wardens found another shocking device under the driver’s side seat of one of the vehicles, which the vehicle’s owner admitted owning. The two fishermen were arrested and charged with possessing electronic shocking devices within half a mile of public water.

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