Thread: Fishing & Hunting License

I have not, in fact never seen a warden.

I’ve only had mine check twice, and both times it was the same officer, while I was wade fishing the same creek. It’s a small creek behind an abandoned mall in the county. Not many people fish it. I find it funny that’s where I have been both times I’ve been checked lol


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Can't remember the last time I was checked for a license when fishing in Ky. Been checked regularly for hunting license when Dove hunting, though.
In fact, I've not seen a CO on the lakes I fish, or a Creel Check Officer, in the past decade or two.

Not only do we need to be reminded to get our licenses, but also check the new regs on fire extinguishers.

Been checked 2 maybe 3 times in my life in KY, I have been checked more in FL.

Yes on Cedar ever year some times twice if its a new guy.

A funny story about being checked. I spent a great deal of time in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, serving in the Army at Fort Devens. In the dead of winter a fishing buddy invited me to go ice fishing. I dressed as warmly as I could and off we went. Drilled our holes, put in the tip-ups and waited. While we were waiting we see a fellow get out of a pickup, grab his gear and set out walking towards us. I said to George, my fishing buddy, "That's a game warden." He asked how I knew. I told him that he was carrying a Styrofoam minnow bucket in one hand and he was swinging it. No one swings a full minnow bucket. Sure enough, he walks up to us, takes his other hand out of his coat pocket holding his badge in a leather holder. Introduces himself, and asks to see our licenses. We showed him our licenses, and he wished us a good day, and started walking towards a group of other fishermen farther down the lake.

I've been checked several times over the years.

Last year we were having a good day trolling cranks and we see the CO come up in a bay boat. He asked permission to tie up to my boat. We already had our license out, he looked around the boat but I already had all my required safety gear out where he could see it. I asked if he needed to see my guide license and Coast Guard credentials and he said "I know who you are and you wouldn't be out here if you weren't legal."

My clients then proceeded to take 20+ minutes of the CO's time and their fishing time to ask questions and just BS with the CO. BTW, the only fish he asked to see was a 15" largemouth. It was touching the line but he said "Doug, this one is pretty close!" I asked if his board measured 15" and he said it did. He then thanked us for keeping some largemouth bass and said the Dept was encouraging other fishermen to do so also.

BTW, it is very simple to buy your license on line then have it sent to your phone. I don't know if it is a good thing or bad thing but my wife and I get to buy Senior Licenses for the first time.

Not been check in a couple of years now. A few years ago I was checked 5 trips in round at green. FYI that means 5 times in 2 weeks. tslabseeker was with me 1 of those times and the warden told Tim where my life jackets were. The year before that I was checked 5 or 6 times at Cumberland in 2 weeks and that same summer I was checked twice at midnight on cumberland. I know they got a job to do but you would think they would have stopped checking me like that....