Good Points guys....You know, when ticketed for stripers or grey trout, they're now controlled by the federal fish police. So a state warden (Marine Patrol or anyother law enforcement) can give the summons. But on going to court, the cases are tried by a federal magistrate and the fines are hefty, so I've been told.
On Knotts Island (Fed refuge land at the causeway), an angler came up in a boat, tied up to the side of the bridge, and got out to stretch and have a cup of coffee on the bridge from his thermos. Well, along came the refuge manager who asked if he could see what he'd caught. And the guy had 6 stripers "out of season" in Currituck Sound, though he stated he and a friend had caught them in VA in North Landing River where they would have been legal.
The Warden (refuge manager) called the state warden on his radio, and they even confiscated the guys boat. Also - so I've been told, if the boat is on a trailer and attached to a vehicle, they may legally confiscate "all of it" for violations of any of these federally controlled fish species.
Something to think about, Huh ? Frankly I'd have to fight em' somehow. Better yet, just keeping legal fish would work a lot easier. But the above is pretty harsh for a few fish, no matter what ones respect for law may be. Its almost like getting life in prison for running a red light !