MARTIN COUNTY

Officer Davis Moss was on water patrol when he stopped a boat for a fisheries inspection.  The subject said he had caught some pompano and opened the cooler for inspection.  Officer Moss saw a bag at the bottom of the cooler and a fish tail protruding from it.  The officer asked to see that fish, which was identified as an undersize, out-of-season snook.  The subject said he kept it because he thought he wouldn’t get checked.  A citation was issued for the violations.