If you like fish and wildlife content, be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on future videos. Agents with the Missouri Department of Conservation were patrolling Lake Ozark when they observed a fisherman dump something out of a plastic bag. >> Hey, it's conservation agents. How we doing? >> I said it's conservation agents. >> Good. You guys catching much? >> No, I ain't caught nothing. >> Dang it. trying for catfish. >> Very good. What you trying to catch them with? >> Shad. >> Chad. That's usually the good bait, isn't it? >> Huh? >> I said that's usually a good bait. >> Yeah, that works sometimes. >> You guys been doing any spoon billing? >> No. Yeah, >> it was cold that snow this morning. >> Yeah, I was >> I was not expecting that. >> Yeah, we had like an inch of snow where I live. >> Is that your bait there? >> Yeah. >> It's about the right size, isn't it? That's all you can get this time of year. >> We saw some guys with some big ones earlier. Did you have a Walmart suck to >> Yeah, it's in there. >> What was in that? >> Was Was there anything in that? >> Yeah, my shad was in there. >> Oh, your shad was in there. >> Gotcha. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Very good. You guys still need permits or are you that magic age? >> I'm that magic age. >> I can show you if you are. I'm 68. >> I believe you. Would you mind reeling in just one pole so I can look at your bait? Sure. Thank you. >> Yeah, that'd be fine. Thank you. >> Getting a bite on that one. >> All right. Thank you. >> What kind of contraption is that? Is that like a top water bait? >> No, they call that a spook. A catfish spook. What that is is a float and it's got a rattle in it. >> Uhhuh. >> So when your sinker's on the bottom, that float gets up like this. >> Yeah. >> Holds bait out of the mud. >> I've caught white bass on those, but >> And it's got the rattle in it. Huh. >> That's pretty neat. Tie that. Tie that. Huh? >> Yeah, cuz that that'll go down then flow it up. >> Yeah. >> Very cool. Is that That's like a water. >> No, they call that a spook. A catfish spook. What that is is a float and it's got a rattle in it. >> So when your sinker's on the bottom, that float gets up like this >> and holds the bait out of the mud. >> I've caught white bass on those. And >> all right, >> it's got the rattle in it. >> Wait, what is on there? >> Cut bait. >> Paddlefish. >> Is it? >> That's what was in the sack, wasn't it? >> No. >> No. Shad was in the sack. >> That's only I swear that's all that was in there. >> But this is paddlefish. >> Is it? >> You know it is. >> Come on. Don't Don't jerk me around. >> There you got me. >> Where's the rest of it? >> That's all I got. Really? I had two pieces and a Is that what was in the sack? >> That's what was in sack. I saw >> See, I saw you empty sack. >> No, no, I did not empty the sack. I got the bait out of the sack, that shad. >> Okay. >> Put it on table. >> Okay. >> And that's all I had >> with the paddle. With there was two pieces of paddlefish in there. Okay. Thanks for being honest. I mean, I'm This ain't my first day. I mean, you know what I mean. And you know this. >> But that's all I had. I mean, I had two pieces. I put one on each bowl. Is there one on this one, too? I >> was reeling in too, please. Okay. Yeah. Thank you. Hello. How are you? I'm >> good. >> Good. Good. Okay. I'm going set that down. I want to take a picture of that before you take it off, please. >> All right. We can throw it back now. Well, you know, you can't use that. I know it. You know that, too. >> Right. >> Yeah. >> Okay. What What's your name? >> Jim. >> Jim. Are are you >> Did we check you down here last year, Jim? >> No. Okay. Are Are you a local guy? >> No. >> No. Where are you from? >> West Plains. >> West Plains. Okay. You have your driver's license on you? Just give me a minute. >> I got to get through all his clothes. I >> understand. >> Did you catch any spoon bill? >> He did. He caught some. >> Okay. Do you guys have any spoon bill down here? >> Do you guys have any spoon bill down here? >> No. >> No. Okay. Oh, take your time. Take your time here. Did you get any good ones yesterday? >> They scatter them out. >> Did they scatter them out? >> I think they caught them. >> Yeah, there was a lot. >> What? I seen I ain't seen nobody today with spoon bill on >> we saw. >> One guy had two there at at East Blood sale. All right. Is there any more fish anywhere that you guys got down here? >> No. >> No. Okay. All right. Well, Jimmy, I got to do my job. Hope you understand. And you can't you can't use me for bait. So, >> use your shad and Yeah. So, all right. Let me figure out which one I'm going to write and we'll go from there. Okay. Is everything right on here as far as your address? >> Yeah, that's good. >> Okay. Thank you. >> I mean, I I seen you guys. I could have cut the lines. I just I figured you'd get me. So, I just >> Okay. I saw you walk over there and empty it. >> Oh, I did not. I swear. >> Well, or grab it or whatever you >> All I did was take the shad out of there and put it on the table. >> Okay. Okay. >> Yeah. You saw us coming. You You did good. I mean, as far as your gay war detection was good, you know what I mean? You saw me. So, but I appreciate your honesty now. All right. >> Pretty fast, baby. [laughter] >> Come on, buddy. >> I don't think that's going to happen. We got to treat everybody fair. Be fair. >> I got to be fair. I got to be fair. >> All right, Jimmy. Let I'm going to go out here. I'm going to figure out what I can do here. Um, have you had been in trouble with us before at all? >> No. Okay. >> All right. I'll be back. Okay. >> All right. >> Thank you. >> For the administrative alcohol. >> Yeah. I was going to ask you if I can put some sand on. >> Yeah. Okay. Craig. >> Hey, Jimmy. Here's your ID back. You go by Jim or Jim? >> Jim. Usually. >> Jim. Okay. I'm not going to lecture you. You know better. And you know, just don't do it again and we'll be good. Okay. >> So, wrote you tickets for used paddlefish or parts thereof as bait. And you can take care of it through the mail if you want to. You can also go to court if you'd rather do that. Um, court date is 51325. If you do want to take care of it through the mail, this blue sheet of paper tells you exactly how to do that. >> Okay. >> Uh, we wait about two weeks for the fine to appear on. You got to go online. Um, yeah. Everything's that way. >> I know. >> Go online. It'll give you the fine amount and then this blue sheet of paper will tell you how you can take care of it that way. If you have any questions after you after the ticket's filed and it gives you the fine amount, I wrote the court's phone number right there. But you got to wait for the ticket to be filed before they'll know anything. >> How much is it? >> I can't tell you. The courts don't allow us to say anything cuz if we're wrong, >> we're held to whatever I say. >> Reality TV. >> I am. [laughter] >> Good thing we ain't on that. >> Yeah. No, we just don't. >> The courts just do not like that cuz there's too much liability if we say something wrong. >> Okay. >> The stuff changes by this or that. But, uh, that's pretty much it. Unless you got any questions. There's your copy. And I said, we were doing our job. We ain't mad at you. >> I ain't mad at you either. Yeah, it's it is your job. >> Yeah. All right. Well, good to meet you, fellas. >> You, too. >> And, uh, good rest of fishing. You guys down here for a few days or you can say 6 weeks. >> Where's the bird dog? You were drinking bird dog last year, weren't you? >> Well, we drank a little bit of everything last year. >> I remember. [laughter] Was that Were you guys the same group we checked in? >> No, it wasn't me. I wasn't here. >> Yeah, I was here. >> You guys were fun. [laughter] >> He was talking about that pontoon. >> Oh, yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. And everybody was feeling good. >> Yes, we did. >> Yeah. Yeah. That bird dog looked pretty tasty. [laughter] >> Were you there? >> No, I went down there. No, I had I come down later. >> Yeah, they were. >> Everybody wasting. >> No pain was [laughter] being felt till the next day. Yeah. Yeah. >> Then there was plenty. >> All right, guys. >> Be safe, guys. >> Have a good rest of the night. >> I knew this was my day. [laughter] >> It's your day to meet us. >> Say hi. >> We will. Yeah. Good luck fishing, guys. >> Where's your live jackets? >> We got them right here. [laughter] >> That's actually I got that that coat's a float coat. >> Those are nice. >> Yeah. >> In the state of Missouri, paddlefish are considered to be a vulnerable native species. Additionally, Missouri does not allow the use of any gamefish as bait, and paddlefish are classified as gamefish. In the end, Jim was charged with using paddlefish as a bait, a misdemeanor violation. Shortly after, he called in and paid $124 in cost and fees, and four points were assessed against his fishing license. If you like this video and want to see more like it, subscribe to Arrest Cam. As always, thanks for watching. [music]