A local fisherman is facing assault charges after he threatened FWC officers who caught him and two friends using illegal nets to fish in Alligator Harbor.
FWC officers caught the men fishing for mullet near the FSU Marine lab using a nearly 1500 square foot net.
In Florida it’s unconstitutional to use a net larger than 500 square feet.
Once officers looked in the net they found that not only was the net illegal, but so were some of the fish in it.
The two men had caught 34 speckled trout, along with red drum and 1600 pounds of mullet.
Not only is that more speckled trout than the daily bag limit allows, but nearly half of the trout were over the legal size limit of 20 inches.
All of the fish were seized and the men were cited for use of illegal nets and violations pertaining to possessing the spotted sea trout.
One of the fishermen also got a trip to jail for assault and interfering with an FWC officer after making verbal threats toward one of the officers.
The FWC said they know the three fishermen well.
The three fishermen combined had 167 prior resource related arrests, the majority of which were net fishing violations.
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