WILKES COUNTY, Ga. — A game warden said he caught a man illegally fishing last week by using an old crank telephone to shock fish in a creek.
While patrolling public fishing spots in Wilkes County, the game warden and another law enforcement officer saw a man and a woman along the creek.
As they approached, they saw the man moving away with a wooden box in his hands.
When they got closer, the man threw the box into the creek.
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When it was pulled from the water, they saw it was an outlawed fishing technique using a crank telephone.
Neither the man nor the woman had a fishing license.
They were given the opportunity to purchase fishing licenses online.
The man was charged with shocking fish, and the game warden confiscated the old crank telephone.
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