Hidden away amongst all the legal mumbo jumbo in the new tournament law are two passages that will force tournament participants to give up their rights protecting them against random searches.
Do any of you out there have a problem with having your rights removed?
The DNR will no longer have to have plausible cause to assume that you have violated a law. They will only have to see the DNR mandated marking on your boat to search it. Here are the rules:
(e) For the purpose of enforcing this section, a conservation warden or a representative of the department, upon presentation of his or her credentials or department identification card, is authorized at any time gamefish are possessed during the tournament to open and inspect any live well, holding tank, bag, boat, or other device used to hold or transport fish. (f) No tournament angler, organizer, volunteer or other tournament official may prohibit entry or inspections to be conducted under this section unless a court restrains or enjoins the entry or inspection.