Reservoir police / DNR are out in force

[jbrown]

When you are out in your Yak in some back cove (Liberty/ Prettyboy/ Loch) and a very threatening gas powered boat comes flying up to you...you know it's not a friendly fisherman. I was on Liberty on Sat... Caught nothing (and no one else did either even though the grass is coming in very nicely.)- First approached by Watershed Police...checked life jacket/ boat sticker/ and fishing license. Then the DNR or some other agency (all heavily armed with weapons/ multiple personel etc...)- checked me out and checked all my documents). Saw a few boaters going back in after being checked...and one young man in a yak/ playboat--- the thing was only about 5 feet long and obviously illegal on the reservoir. The unmarked all black SUV officer waiting in the parking lot got him.
-So- have your license in a viewable area- registered stickers for the reservoir a must- life vest on...and they will be very polite and leave you alone... I though the one guy was going to ask for 'permission to board my vessel'...just joking. But they mean business...

[Mark]

Perhaps the extra attention was due to law enforcement agencies being on heightened alert for the Holiday weekend.

[BalmerBrian]

They've been doing that for a while. I've encountered it multiple times at Lochraven. Most often they are there to keep people from swimming and check fishing licenses.