This was a great thread. About 35 years ago, a friend of mine and I were crappie fishing on Barkley Lake and got caught by the game warden with too many fish. Back then, the limit was 60 per person. The game warden issued us both citations. It just happened, that the guy I was fishing with was the brother-in-law of the judge in the next county. A phone call was made and the charges were dropped. Every time I saw that game warden at the lake he said something about that incident. On one occasion, my dad was with me when the game warden pulled up to chat. After the game warden left, my dad said "You should have just paid the ticket".
In this incident, I would have done what tcintn did although I might let the game warden know that technically he needed a warrant but as a courtesy (and since I had nothing to hide) he was welcome to look.
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