I fish TWRA Lakes a lot....mostly VFW and Laurel Hill. It is not uncommon if you stay until dusk in the spring and early summer you may find a road block as you head out the gate. TWRA officers will be there and they will check your cooler and count the fish. No it does not happen everyday...but does happen a couple of times each year. But you are on TWRA property...or state property.....whatever the case may be so those rules I am sure are different if you are on the side of a public road. I have never refused a check and when I have been checked it is by TWRA officers I have personally fished with in their own boat....so they don't discriminate......LOL. I have never witnessed anyone refuse a check so I don't know what hoops are jumped through if you refuse a check...if any. Here is a link to an article that in some ways the state senator is addressing some of the issues being discussed about on this thread......but what I am dead set against is the TWRA being put under political control by the legislature. I would much rather the TWRA Commission decide how our license money be spent than the state legislature.
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http://www.wate.com/story/23268272/s...-twra-overhaul