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Andrushkin33
11-03-2016, 10:28 AM
From DEC NY

Of Course they just had to be Russians. Now even more PIA for me to fish.

On another hand WTF were you going to do with all that dam fish.

Please throw the book at them.

Three Salmon Poachers Arrested After Early-Morning Chase

Three men suspected of poaching during the annual salmon run were arrested early Wednesday morning after leading police on a wild chase in the woods in Niagara County, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced today.
The incident occurred just after 2 a.m. when DEC Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) were conducting a night patrol along the Lake Ontario shoreline and its tributaries.
ECOs Roger Ward and Nathan Ver Hague were checking the Burt Dam area of 18-mile Creek in Newfane when they noticed several large garbage bags piled on a pathway. The officers inspected the bags and found them loaded with freshly caught salmon.
At the same time, a pickup truck slowly drove by the area. Two men approached on foot and ECO Ward revealed himself and ordered the men to stop. The men took off running through the woods. ECO Ward apprehended one suspect hiding in the brush, but as ECO Ver Hague chased the other down to the creek, the man dove in and swam off. The Niagara County Sheriff's Department was called for assistance.
Deputy Matt Grainge responded and located a pickup truck a short distance away matching the description given by the ECOs. The driver was sitting inside awaiting a call from the other two men.
Deputies Keith Hetrick, John Vosberg and a K-9 officer tracked the suspect who swam across the creek and eventually located him attempting to climb up a gorge. He was taken into custody.
A total of 69 salmon ranging in size from 5 to 35 pounds had been poached from the creek, the subjects using a weighted treble hook and net to snag the fish.
The three men - Sergey Yatchuk, 41, of 55 Applewood Ln., Getzville, Petro Parfenyk, 29, of 2204 Prospect Ave., Erie, Penn., and Mikhail F. Sakalosh, 39, of 8322 Taylor Colquitt Rd., Spartanburg, S.C. - were charged with 32 violations, including fishing without a license, possessing foul-hooked fish, taking fish by snatching, taking fish in excess of daily limit, and illegal fishing at night.
The three suspects were remanded to the county jail in lieu of bail, $1,100 for Parfenyk and Sakalosh and $1,000 for Yatchuk.

Mikey topaz
11-03-2016, 12:05 PM
Fish soup for evreyone!!!!!! Yummmm lol

Eskimo
11-03-2016, 12:16 PM
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From the info provided, those guys weren't even locals. They all traveled some distance for an opportunity to poach those fish.

Russian guys love a full bucket. Personally, when I am fishing and I hear guys talking in Russian or a similar language- I pull up anchor and get the hell out of there!


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Chrisper4694
11-03-2016, 12:47 PM
that's some pretty good stuff right there. sucks that people generalize and give others a bad name, but that's human nature it seems. pretty awesome the full effort was put in to get these thieves!

MudCat08
11-03-2016, 12:54 PM
That's some crazy fishing adventure...
Or snagging adventure

NJSquatch
11-03-2016, 02:15 PM
I can just hear the inmate conversations.....

U see those guys over there, they are some bad mofos...there in for catching fish

Fred E. Goose
11-03-2016, 03:26 PM
A total of 69 salmon ranging in size from 5 to 35 pounds had been poached from the creek, the subjects using a weighted treble hook and net to snag the fish.

HAHA, 69 salmon. I can see them going, "Once we get 70, we'll head home." Whoops!

Great job by the conservation officers. Wonder why the one guy's bail was $100 less than the other 2 guys?

Polelock
11-03-2016, 05:14 PM
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Andrushkin33
11-03-2016, 05:19 PM
Good Job Officers.

Now who can calculate below:

Take or possess over limit (1st fish) 50.00*
Take other fish in closed hours 50.00*
Each fish over add $20.00 (i.e. 2 fish over) 70.00*

Andre

Jigman13
11-03-2016, 05:35 PM
HAHA, 69 salmon. I can see them going, "Once we get 70, we'll head home." Whoops!

Great job by the conservation officers. Wonder why the one guy's bail was $100 less than the other 2 guys?

Couldn't say 70 bc at 69 he had an egg sack... oh nevermind... LOL

NJSquatch
11-03-2016, 06:02 PM
Couldn't say 70 bc at 69 he had an egg sack... oh nevermind... LOL

These guys were 69ing salmon...sickos

Andrushkin33
11-03-2016, 06:10 PM
Nuah,

They were just doing public service. You know removing those soon to be rotting salmon from the creek. Public health care above all and such.

Andre

dakota560
11-04-2016, 01:03 PM
Can only imagine how long they were there to snag 69 salmon,,,,,,that's absolutely insane! Their punishment should be they remain in jail until they've eaten every salmon they poached. Breakfast....salmon. Lunch.....salmon. Dinner.....special of the day decaying salmon almondine! Don't want the resource the state worked hard to make available for all of us or the fishery we subsidize with our license fees to be wasted by these three upstanding citizens of our community so I'd ask the judge to make them eat every one of the 69 fish they poached as a condition of their release. I guarantee you they'll never poach another salmon the rest of their pathetic lives. Salmon Lives Matter! I'd even consider having them eat the salmon eggs for dessert as an additional condition of their release since Russians enjoy their caviar so much. May even consider mixing it with some salmon milt to add some flavor! Let the punishment fit the crime as they say! Sad part is some people have no conscience whatsoever and don't think twice about pilfering a public resource intended for the enjoyment of everyone. Figure 15 - 20 lbs on average of "edible" fillets per fish multiplied by 69 fish for three guys to enjoy three square meals a day that should last them easily through the holidays! Would be a fitting punishment for the crime!

GREAT job by the conservation officers involved in apprehending these idiots. I can only imagine how many fish are taken every year in a similar manner by people who don't get caught. That's why it's even more important to make an example of the ones who are.