If you like fish and wildlife content, be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on future videos. An officer with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department was on patrol along Lake Lewisville when she made contact with two individuals to conduct a resource inspection. >> Couple? >> Yeah, one. >> Yeah. No good size to them, huh? >> No good size to them. Good size. Uh, >> some of them. Yeah, some of them. No. >> Yeah. Any good keepers? >> What I doing is taking taking them to my pond. >> Oh, you're taking them to your pond with my air thing. >> I got you. Do you have fishing license with you? >> Yeah. >> Okay, perfect. >> I can take them to my house. >> All you got in there. >> Couple of crappies. Yeah. What are you measuring them with? >> Just guessing. >> Just guessing. Yeah. Do you know how big they got to be? >> What the minimum is? >> Eight >> 10 >> eight inches. Maybe >> 10 inches. >> Maybe. I don't know. >> It's 10. >> Okay. >> But I'm not I'm not taking them to eat. I don't take them to the to my pond. >> Okay. >> I got a little pond. I can't. >> They still got to be certain size to them. Okay. >> Okay. That's why I keep them so that they won't die on me. >> Okay. >> This one's definitely going to be short. What are you throwing out for bait? >> Uh uh >> yeah, >> this one. Uh uh >> and >> just this. >> Yeah. >> Are you going to the bottom or just kind of in the middle? >> In the middle. >> Like middle. Just jigging for them. >> Yeah. >> Okay. And I for the crappie, I use some minnows, but I run out of it. >> Yeah, they like the minnows, huh? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Okay. Well, we're going to measure some of these cuz they got to be 10 in. Okay. >> Okay. >> Okay. So, some of them might be right at it. You got some of them that might be a little small. Okay. But we'll see what we got. >> He won't die though. >> No, he won't die. Just longer to measure them. >> Yeah, this one's going to be small, too. Okay. >> Put this one in the bag. That one will be good. That one's no size. One today. >> I got you. >> You know what that one is? >> Large mouse. >> Yeah, large mouse. So, they got to be 14. Okay, so that one's short. Got several in here that are kind of small. Let me get this Sandy out of here. You can lift that up real quick. Yeah, he's going to be'll be good. This one's good. >> Yeah. Just look that up. >> Only two little. >> Well, you got that large mouth in here. That's little. >> Yeah, there are two of them. >> Do what? >> There's two of them. >> There's two large mouth in here. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Oh, he's running away from me. >> That's one. >> Yeah, he's too small. There's another one right here. >> Okay. It's >> about 9 in. 9 in. >> I didn't go to You want to? >> Yeah, we'll do that. >> All right. >> There you go. >> Yeah. Put them back in. I'm going to throw this one back in. Okay. >> Okay. >> These got to be 14. Okay. >> Okay. These are right at nine. Those both have to go back. >> Okay. >> Okay. You're good. I'm going to put those back in. No, no, no. in the water. >> Yeah, they're too small. >> Don't die. >> Okay, y'all both have your fishing license with you? >> Yes. >> Did you use some of your Did you use some of your tags already? >> One. There's the only one here. >> Oh, there you go. You used a deer tag? Yeah. >> Did you get a deer? Yeah. >> Where at? >> Uh brown wood. >> Brownwood. >> Yeah. >> Pretty good size to it. >> Yeah. It was me. >> Buck or dough? >> Dog. >> Dough. >> Yeah. >> Cool. You got a friend down there with some property or >> Yeah. >> That's cool. >> Rifle or bow? >> Rifle. >> Rifle. Nice. Okay. >> All right. So, the the issue is just going to be the undersized fish cuz you had four undersized. >> Okay. Did y'all both catch them or kind of how were they divided up between the two of you? >> Uh, we just catch them with the I catch the other one. >> Do what? >> I catch me. >> Okay. Let me hand that back to her. >> So, um, for the undersized fish, they were still alive, so we're able to put them back. Um, but you're still in possession of the undersized fish. Okay. >> Okay. um I am going to write you a ticket for it, but since what we were able to return them to the resource, there not there's any civil restitution for them. Okay? So, what happens is if someone takes a resource um and it's not it's not able to >> go away, >> go back and live like you've already taken it and it's dead, what we do is we charge civil restitution and that that'd be a civil thing from the state. And since, like I said, since we were able to return them, >> there won't be any civil restitution. Um but it is going to be a ticket for the underside. Okay. So, um, y'all can keep fishing. Just give me a second. It's going to take me a minute to try it out. Okay. >> Definitely. >> Do you have like a ruler or something that you can use for the rest of the day? >> I I do. I do. Uh, I I do have it. I do. I bought a like a metric tape. Not like yours, but those. >> Okay. >> I do, but I I do have it. >> You do have it? >> I do have it. But, uh, >> I'll tell you what. >> Yeah. If you can't find it, what we'll do >> Mhm. >> we'll grab this stick right here. Hold that for me. So, I want y'all to keep fishing, but you got to be able to measure them. Okay. >> Yes, ma'am. >> All right. Let's see it. >> Here it is. Here it is. >> You got it. Okay. I don't know if this was the same. >> Okay. Yeah. Is that a Texas one? Let me see. >> Yeah. But I mean in Galveston. >> In Galveston. >> Yeah. >> It might not have fresh water on it. Let's see. Flounder, trout, tarpon, coia. Okay. >> Doesn't work. >> No, it does work. You got the measurement on here. Um, right back here. >> Yeah, we buy we buy a lane out there. soft print and with just a little pan. >> Yeah, >> that's why I'm trying to keep them alive. >> Can you read that? >> Yes, ma'am. >> Cuz that this is it just has a saltwater rig. So, this is going to be your freshwater stuff that we had today. Okay. >> You can keep fishing if you like. It's just going to take me a minute. >> How long have y'all been out today? >> Almost all day. >> All right. Were the crappie biting earlier or kind of steady? >> We weren't the steady. >> No, >> it' be one every 45 minutes somewhere up there. >> So, I getting one ticket or two tickets. >> Well, this going to be one. >> It's going to be It could be four cuz it was four fish, right? I'm not going to do that to you. Um, but I'm going to write you one for each species. Okay. So, it's going to be two tickets instead of four. I'm not going to be charging you any civil restitution. How much is it? Okay. >> Um, it really >> an idea. >> So, parks and wildlife fines are anywhere from 25 to 500. And it could be 25, it could be 500, it could be 200. It's whatever that the justice that jurisdiction assigns to it. Okay. >> We got an address where to go to? >> Yes, sir. I'll explain it to you here in a second. Um, so it's going to be one for the undersized crappie and one for the undersized largemouth. >> Okay. >> Okay. Um, so need you to sign right here. So mission of guilt. Just promise to contact the court. It's going to be Judge Kerbo JP3. >> And then I got the address right here and a phone number. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Um, >> how much time do I have? >> You're going to have until the 24th of March. >> Okay. >> So it doesn't have to be on the 24th. Just anytime between now and then. Contact them. You can call them by phone or you can go to the address. Okay. >> Right here. Are they doing any good on the worms >> at that the bluegill here? >> Yeah. >> Oh, >> okay. Sorry about that. >> It's all right. Just make sure, like I said, you got that ruler and I wrote those regulations on the back. So, just make sure you're measuring them right >> since I want since in my little mind since I was going to take it to my place and put them out there. >> Yeah. >> I I never thought about sizes. >> Yeah. So, if you're fishing on your own private pond, there's no regulations. But when you're taking a resource from public waters, those regulations do apply. So there is that minimum that minimum limit. Okay. >> All right. Do you have any questions for me? >> No, ma'am. >> If y'all are ever out here and you need anything, this is my direct number. Okay. >> So, if y'all see anything or if you get down here and >> you know you need any any kind of emergency, anything like that, feel free to give me a shout. >> Yes, ma'am. Okay. I'll do that. >> Did y'all see any walking further this way? They're more on that side. >> More that way. >> Yeah. >> Okay. All right, sir. Well, It was a pleasure meeting you. Like I said, just measure them, okay? Just measure them. And I hope that I hope the ones you get back in your pond start thriving and and produce good for you. >> I have to do put some more water and get new batteries. >> Yeah, they will make it out there. >> Back to Sulfur Springs. Yeah. >> Make it out there. >> Keep them out of the sun. >> Yep. >> So, all right, guys. >> Thank you. >> Uh-huh. In the end, the suspect was charged with possession of undersized crappie and undersized black bass. He later pled no contest and paid $252 in cost and fines. If you like this video and want to see more like it, subscribe to Arrest Cam. As always, thanks for watching.