Telum Pisces

This is from the NASP Police Dept. website.

<SPAN class=style2><TABLE width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>The NAS Police Department aggressively enforces all traffic regulations on Federal property. If you receive a traffic ticket on any of the area installations with a MANDATORY court appearance, you MUST appear in traffic court on the date specified on the citation.

<U><SPAN style="COLOR: red">Failure to appear will result in the revocation of your base driving privileges. Additionally, military personnel will be subject to UCMJ action.</U>

If you are a civilian or are non-base connected and receive a Federal Magistrate citation with a MANDATORY court appearance, the court will notify you of the date.

If you have questions regarding traffic citations, call 452-9242</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

floridays

Fishing inside the boundries is considered trespassing on Federal property. The DOD Police can ticket you or arrest you. They USUALLY give you a warning and write down some information in case they catch you thereagain. They do not have to warn you, they can ticket or arrest you on a first offense.

On the new bay charts the area is suppose to be listed as restricted, I haven't seen one so I can not confirm that. Ignorance of the law is not an excuse, just remember that. I was reminded it.

I have been caught and warned. I asked a lot of the same questions because I didn't realize I was inside the buoys at the time.

karma

I have been ran off a few times.

I just make it a rule of thumb to:



A) Do not anchor

B) Don't stay long

C) Catch your fish and move on.



I have caught plenty of nice black snappers, flounder, slot-red, and grouper by idling the boat and bumping for position.



It's easy enough to drift fish with out creating any problems.

seacapt

OK... As I said earlier I talked to the head of Port OP's so now I just got off the phone with base Security. They said the don't write citations for boats in the restricted zone. Period. They also said, as Port OP's said, if there are citations writen it will only be done by FWC or the Coast Guard. Bottom line is that the area is restricted. You shouldn't be there. It's not NAS Pensacola's decision, it's aNavy Regulation for all Naval bases. If anyone insists that they have been ticketed by base police I would like to see a copy so I can get it figured out once and for all.

R/