This is why Lake Lenore is POOR Fishing

[Special T]

This is the kind of work that i wish the Leo's at WDFW we always doing... Its good to see everyone praise them.

I really hope they get the hammer dropped on them for this. If this is a stealing and selling wildlife event then some real good can come from this. If this is a group of "poor" down on thier luck group people i hope the judge finds a way of impacting thier lives. so often misdomenors/gross don't really have an impact from people that have nothing to take...

[huntnphool]

This is the kind of work that i wish the Leo's at WDFW we always doing... Its good to see everyone praise them.

I really hope they get the hammer dropped on them for this. If this is a stealing and selling wildlife event then some real good can come from this. If this is a group of "poor" down on thier luck group people i hope the judge finds a way of impacting thier lives. so often misdomenors/gross don't really have an impact from people that have nothing to take...

The poor don't drive vehicles like that.

[BIGINNER]

Russians again,...  not sure if its the same guys who were poaching white fish from banks lake.   revoking licenses won't do chit.... they most likely didn't have licenses to begin with.  Idiots

[Gringo31]

This type of crime needs to be a whole different category.  Needs to have a bigger hammer than shooting a wolf IMHO.

[BIGINNER]

I doubt they're poor. that's a nice truck they have,.. plus they make a ton of money off these fish

[Special T]

Good then they can shake them down for selling illegal wildlife. Hopefully they get some good info from thier phones so they can track down who they were going to sell them to.

[Southpole]

I doubt they're poor. that's a nice truck they have,.. plus they make a ton of money off these fish

Yeah, you can bet that they were selling them.

[Fish4Fun]

I am guessing this isn't the first time for these idiots, just glad they finally got caught. I didn't know these fish were of that kind of table quality anyways, after all they are in spawning mode right now. What a waste for our future fishery at Lenore, this will take a few years to recover from.

[wildmanoutdoors]

I am guessing this isn't the first time for these idiots, just glad they finally got caught. I didn't know these fish were of that kind of table quality anyways, after all they are in spawning mode right now. What a waste for our future fishery at Lenore, this will take a few years to recover from.

  Eggs!? Cavier?

[Southpole]

I am guessing this isn't the first time for these idiots, just glad they finally got caught. I didn't know these fish were of that kind of table quality anyways, after all they are in spawning mode right now. What a waste for our future fishery at Lenore, this will take a few years to recover from.

There are certain "types" of people that like fish of that quality... maybe the buyers like the fish eggs?

[flatbkman]

I remember back in the 70's when I was in California, the SE Asians were coming to this country in droves, they would put wire baskets on the end of a rake and scour the bottom of the canals, creeks and the like. Ended up that there was nothing living in there. Then they started going to the mountains filling the trunks of their cars with any kind of bird they could find, chipmunks, rabbits, squirrels, and anything else they saw walking.
For the last 8 to 10 years around here the Eastern Europeons have been poaching deer and elk whenever they wanted. They finally got busted last year.
Seems like whenever a different nationality starts coming to the area in droves, it starts the cycle all over again. They know it's wrong, but they make good money and only get their hands slapped if they ever do get caught.

[snocohunter]

With technology where it is today, i say they take the money from that truck and invest in some remote webcams at places like lenore, then catch em in the act. Maybe hire some informants in the russian community over there. Bunch of scum thugs and drug dealers.

[Ridgeratt]

This will turn out like this case did! He claimed it was the way he hunted in his homeland and doesn't understand the rules here, So the punisment won't fit the crime!!




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August 8, 1996 in CityImmigrant Poacher Sentenced Senchenko Faces 3 Months In Jail For Snaring Bears, Selling Their Parts
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A Russian immigrant was sentenced Wednesday to three months in jail for snaring bears and selling their parts on the black market.
Nicholay Senchenko, who became a U.S. citizen in 1994, also lost his hunting privileges for three years. He was released pending appeal of the federal jury’s decision.
The Spokane trial is over, but Senchenko still faces several counts of violating Washington hunting laws. He is scheduled to stand trial later this month in Newport.
If convicted of those charges, he could face several years behind bars and thousands of dollars in fines, said Mike Carbone, Pend …



A Russian immigrant was sentenced Wednesday to three months in jail for snaring bears and selling their parts on the black market.

Nicholay Senchenko, who became a U.S. citizen in 1994, also lost his hunting privileges for three years. He was released pending appeal of the federal jury’s decision.

The Spokane trial is over, but Senchenko still faces several counts of violating Washington hunting laws. He is scheduled to stand trial later this month in Newport.

If convicted of those charges, he could face several years behind bars and thousands of dollars in fines, said Mike Carbone, Pend Oreille County deputy prosecutor.

Wednesday’s sentence, handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Fred Van Sickle, was standard for trafficking in wildlife parts. The punishment was what prosecutor Timothy Ohms asked for and stiffer than what defense attorney Leslie Weatherhead said Senchenko deserved for “a hunting violation.”

State and federal wildlife agents in 1993 and 1994 found four high-powered snares in remote areas of the Colville National Forest in northeastern Washington. They fear more may have been set and could injure or kill people wandering through the woods.

A professional hunter before immigrating from the Ukraine to Spokane in 1989, Senchenko was convicted of selling the paws, claws and gallbladders from at least four bears agents say he caught in the snares.

Senchenko, who denies poaching bears or selling their parts, shunned Weatherhead when the trial started in January. He said he would not use any lawyer appointed by a government he doesn’t trust.

Senchenko decided to use the attorney when it proved difficult to defend himself in an unfamiliar court system that uses a language he speaks brokenly.

Speaking in court before his sentencing Wednesday, Senchenko denounced the prosecutor and wildlife agents as liars.

“There is no Constitution in America. There are no laws here,” he said through an interpreter. “There are only laws to punish people.”

As for Van Sickle, Senchenko said: “God shall be your judge.”

[inchtowntracking]

Had huge problems like this on Rufus too.

[plunker01]

Wow! this really makes me sick. And u can pretty much garuntee its not the first time they did it.They definately had a system down for doing this so its not there first rodeo! I seriously hope each of these guys get a big guy nammed bubba for a cellmate. But we know that prob wont happen.