A routine patrol near the Gandy Bridge fishing area in Pinellas County, Florida, turned into a more serious enforcement case after a Florida Fish and Wildlife officer said he found the same group fishing twice in one day without valid licenses, according to a video report from the bodycam footage channel WildlifeWarden.
The channel’s host said the incident happened in January 2025, when Officer McCormack was conducting inspections near the northwest side of the Gandy Bridge fishing area. During an earlier encounter, the host said, the officer found a group fishing without licenses and warned them to stop.
That might have been the end of the matter if the group had packed up and left for the day. Instead, according to WildlifeWarden’s report, the officer returned to the same area hours later and found the same men fishing again, still without the required licenses…