Paying poachers.

[tsubaki]

All the info I've read to this point is accurate so far.
$45k seems like an extreme amount, but that comes to just over $2500 each.
They got off light!!
The first year Georgia imposed the redfish lengths and limits, the DNR waited almost a year to enforce it.
In order to make an example, 2 guys that had undersized and over the limit of fish by about 125. To the tune of $150 for the first fish each and then $50 each additional fish. That came to over $3000 each, however many years ago that was!!