recording. This body cam video shows a wildlife officer approaching a group of campers. The officer is investigating the sound of gunshots coming from the area. Hey, you got Armus? You guys got a weapon. He's right there. He stole, you got a gun, arm us. Okay. Okay. Here. Can I see it? Can I see it real quick? All right. Thank you. I'm just going to put it right here just for my safety. Just so you all know, my name is Officer Sterns with Florida Fish and Wildlife. Okay. Reason I'm here is just to check you. I heard you guys got some fish maybe and then I heard some gunshots. So, I'm just checking and the gun This is just because I heard the gunshots. Okay. I know. Okay. No more No more B. The only one we had. Okay. So, real quick, you guys have any fish? Yes, we have fish over there. Okay. Any other fish? No, that's it. Okay. All right. Who is who caught the fish? Um, I'm the I'm the one who had the the license. Driver's license. Yeah. No, no, no. The fishing license. Okay. Me and my husband. You're You two are together. Okay. So, you two are the only ones that caught the fish? Yeah, we are the only ones. Okay. Nobody else caught fish? No. Okay. All right. You guys have your fishing license then, and I'll go look at those fish. tell you what I just said. 3:13 I'll be 102 with seven subjects. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. This all your stuff. Yes. Uh hey that's your grill. Yeah. You see? Oh good. Fishing. Okay. So, let's go look at your fish. That's a big one. Yeah. All right. Listen real quick. You know how big it is? No. No idea. No idea. No. Okay. You just leave them there. I'll come over. Oh, okay. Yep. The officer notices holes in the fish, indicating a spear gun was used to harvest the fish. One second. We'll just put these over by the other fish. What about that cooler? Anything in the cooler? No, no, no. Not in this uh your drinks, your food. Drinks. That's it. Nice. Just be careful on your way home. Don't Don't drink and drive, obviously. Okay. And these are the other one. Is this it? It's it. Okay. And you only have two fishing license, aren't you two the only ones fishing? Yeah. Only me and my husband there. Okay. All right. You want me to take it out? Let's put all the fish in this bucket. Okay. Forward. Okay. And then these two, please. Yeah. Oh, yeah. This one. This one. This one. Hey. Hey. Yeah. Okay. You sure you're the only two that were fishing? Yeah. Only me and my husband. Okay. Actually, behind me is the one who had something on me. All right. So, give me one second. Okay. If you guys want to come right here real quick, I got to read something to you. I believe I have a violation here. Okay. I think you guys break it. Okay. You have the right to remain silent. You guys understand each of these rights I've explained to you. Do you all understand? Where's the spear gun? Just have point to it. Don't necessarily pull it out. Braz. All right. Come on. Almost. So, this is a game fish. Even though it's technically invasive species, Florida's adopted it as a game fish. Okay. Peacock bass were introduced to Florida canals in 1984 by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to control invasive fish populations and to provide a popular game fish. You understand? No, we didn't know that. I'm I know, but I'm saying do you understand what I'm saying now? But it is what I Yeah. It's like a bass. You know, you can't shoot a bass. You can't cast another bass. The only way you can catch these is with a hook and a line. So reeling it or just like the the yo-yo want. Let's see. Start here. You can have this one. All of them are illegal. Uh not these ones. So you can have this one and those over there are good. cuz tilapia. Wait, how about that? Bass. So, bass, fanfish, which is like your bluegills, stuff like that. The small ones. You said bass. This a peacock bass. So, bass, peacock bass, bluegills, stuff like that. Tilapia and Oscars and Mayans. You're good. Go back. Just do me a favor. Don't reach into your pockets. Don't reach into compartments. For me, that's the biggest thing. Okay. [Music] The officer documents the holes in the fish from the spear gun. The couple has speared seven peacock bass and one Florida bass. The couple is charged for spearing game fish and being over the limit for peacock bass. Charging both with meters. Okay. So, you're going to have to come over here to court. Okay. Okay. Um, I wrote you one charge for spearing the peacock cuz you can only hook in line. Okay. Only with the hook. Only with the hook in the line. So, I wrote you for spearing them and then also for over the bag. You can only have two per person, right? You two are said you're the only ones that caught. So, you're you're well over the bag for two per person. Okay. Okay. You understand? Uh, was it how do I say his name? Dimas. Ste. Okay. Um, so all these these are all peacocks. Okay. This one's a Florida bass. We changed the name to Florida bass. Used to be black bass. Black bass. So we got only one bass. Florida bass. Okay. Seven peacocks. Okay. You can't spear any of them. Okay. No bueno. Your copy. A couple and face fines from $500 to $1,000. If you guys have any questions, you can call this number right here and that they'll tell you exactly what you need. Okay. See me. So, I could take this I could seize this from you guys, but I'm not going. I'm just going to get it back to you cuz I already Thank you so much. Okay. And one more thing. Is this loaded? It's got pellet in it. Uh, I don't know. No, he's not sure. Let me have some. You know what? I'm going to give it to you. Just don't point it at me. No, I have to. Okay. Just put it in the bucket. And then Yeah. And then you guys are good. Okay. Any questions? No. No question. Make sure you guys don't spear anymore. Okay. We can stay here and hang. That's fine. Just don't just don't if you have hook and line, you can fish. Uhhuh. Um don't shoot animals with that pellet gun. I don't know if you're shooting birds, don't shoot birds, okay? Cuz that's a Just pick up your trash when we leave. Sure. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. You got that bag? Poland temple.