[Rickhem]

I was fishing Barbour's Pond up on Garrett Mountain a week after trout opened this year and two officers were making the rounds checking licenses. When they came over to me, they first struck up some conversation, asked how the fishing was, talked about when the lake was stocked and why it has been a little slow early on this year, then asked to see my license. Absolute professionalism. I also watched them with a younger guy, early 20s that had nice equipment and obviously knew how to use it. I heard them asking him for his license, which he "didn't have with him", and then they asked for his driver's license. I guess all that info you enter when you buy your license does come into use eventually. I got the impression that they were giving him every opportunity to show he wasn't poaching. Again, very professional.
Kind of a sad statement about society that these officers are now wearing body armor as they patrol.