useyourbow
Eight Pointer
Do you have to have a fishing license to fish a private pond?
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ksachs13
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No.
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ksachs13
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Well, let me rephrase that. Landowners, tenets and members of their immediate family living with them are exempt from fishing license requirements for waters on land they own. And...Game wardens don't patrol private property.
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NCGunDude
Eight Pointer
Says, who?
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ksachs13
Guest
If they are after somebody, they may find themselves on private property, but its the same as a police officer walking around your private property to make sure your driver's license isn't expired.
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I watched a game warden walk down a logging road on private property opening morning of rifle without orange on 2 years ago about 9am. I met him at his truck and "nicely" told him how big of an idiot he was and that he was lucky he wasn't killed. Not to mentioning potentially messing up opening morning for many hunters he couldn't see...
oldest school
Old Mossy Horns
well i hope you are wrong.
if you are in the act of fishing or hunting, then i am pretty sure they can request your license. private, public, but i defer to those who really know.
He is wrong about GW's on private property but you don't have to have a license on your common private pond per say.
useyourbow
Eight Pointer
Well the pond is on hunting lease property. Need a license?
seminolewind
Guest
Better have his warrant ready......
QBD2
Old Mossy Horns
Lol...good luck with that...
turkeyfoot
Old Mossy Horns
Game warden can enter your property looking for violation if has tip or valid suspicion of illegal activity no warrant needed, As far as license way I read it is since the pond isn't on your property or land your leasing and living on you will need a license
I dont think private ponds are included. Those fish are considered privately owned and not public wildlife.
rangerxp
Eight Pointer
Game Warden can't bother you on a private pond " for fishing " unless the property owner allows them to do so .
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Fire up some weed while you are fishing on that private pond and try out that theory. All he/she has to do is have probable cause that you are doing it.
Google "open fields doctrine"
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grim reaper
Ten Pointer
Id pay $5-20 and not have to question it
Can the game warden do anything about the fishing? He can ticket or arrest for drugs....but is fishing going to be ticketed on a private pond?
No, private pond not regulated as far as that goes.
http://www.ncwildlife.org/Licensing...g-Licenses/Exceptions-for-Obtaining-a-License
"An inland fishing license is not required to fish in a private pond. A pond or lake located on land owned by a public body such as a state supported university or a governmental entity is not a private pond."
wncdeerhunter
Old Mossy Horns
May want to read up on that.
rangerxp
Eight Pointer
Smoking dope was not involved in the original question . Fishing was the question