What's the name of the creek?

This is Merameeton River.

Merameet and River, okay.

Yeah, so we'll go up here.

Ron Arsenault is on patrol.

He's a conservation officer with New Hampshire's Fish and Game Department.

We were walking along this little river looking for folks breaking the law.

This is all general fishing, so this is open for anything.

And this goes all the way up to merrimating late.

It's a cold, windy spring morning.

Not too great for fishing, and there's no one really on the water.

Ron is bundled up in a green fishing game jacket.

Black boots, same uniform he wears every day.

And then, Ron spots something.

Ooh, look what we have here.

A length of rope just under the water. He starts pulling it in.

These are always fun. Never know what you're going to get.

So this is somebody's minnow trap, and they're supposed to have their name on their trap.

So, looks like a crayfish in there.

Oh, yeah.

Ron pulls out a small mesh-wire crate, the kind anglers used to catch live minnows for bait.

So this trap is illegal.

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