|
i'm a young punk kid....these officers where my age and obiously did not know anything about LJ....or fishing for that matter... i was parked...first they spot lighted me from the boardwalk, then overt the PA told to wlk infornt of the my truck...they then jumped the wall and started agressively grilling me about driving on the beach...all i said was that i believed that this was a public boat launch, they said that its illegal to drive on any beach in san diego, trying not to argue i said "i think there's a sign over there"...thats when it all started, "have you been drinking today?"..."ummmm yes sir"...."do you have any wepeons, bombs or drugs in the vehical"......."no sir"..... "can we take a look?"....."sure i have nothing to hide"..... at that point his partner comes around and asks me where i got the kayak from while the other guy starts searching....long stoy short they find nothing but six empty corona light bottles ,some waters and sandwich trash in my cooler along with all my gear...i guess for some reason they just couldn't believe that i had been out since 5pm by myself fishing or that i had paddled 6-8 miles in that time?? so they breathalize me, .002, so they have a little meeting and come back and say that thier gonna let me go but i'm gonna get a ticket for driving on the beach, at that point i was ready to go home and didn't argue......luckly the segant shows up, informs the two officers that this is a public launch and that im not violating any laws and he tells them to go read the sign....then he starts shinning his light around inside my truck asking about the hobie, how the bite is, if i like my dodge turbo diesel, what kinda milage it gets.....he was a cool guy and oboiusly felt bad about bothering me (although he never said so) then he said have a good night and they left as fast as they showed up....all's well that ends well i guess...
|