Man arrested on suspicion of poaching 19 trout from pond, letting them die in grass

Park police said they arrested a man with a lifetime fishing license ban after he was caught Saturday night with 19 trout he said he planned to let die before tossing back in a Sacramento pond. Igor Gasur was arrested on suspicion of poaching, probation violation and various Fish and Wildlife violations, according to the Fulton El Camino Park Police Department. "Just for clarification, he wasn't catching to keep or eat. Per his own statement, he was catching them, letting them die in the grass and planned to throw the dead fish back in the pond," park police said. Gasur was spotted fishing at the Howe Park Community Pond in the Arden-Arcade area after hours. The Department of Fish and Wildlife had recently stocked the pond, authorities said. Officers found 19 illegally obtained trout in his possession, park police said. Gasur is on Department of Fish and Wildlife probation with a lifetime fishing license ban. He is barred from owning or possessing fishing equipment, according to the park police department.

Park police said they arrested a man with a lifetime fishing license ban after he was caught Saturday night with 19 trout he said he planned to let die before tossing back in a Sacramento pond.

Igor Gasur was arrested on suspicion of poaching, probation violation and various Fish and Wildlife violations, according to the Fulton El Camino Park Police Department.


"Just for clarification, he wasn't catching to keep or eat. Per his own statement, he was catching them, letting them die in the grass and planned to throw the dead fish back in the pond," park police said.

Gasur was spotted fishing at the Howe Park Community Pond in the Arden-Arcade area after hours. The Department of Fish and Wildlife had recently stocked the pond, authorities said.

Officers found 19 illegally obtained trout in his possession, park police said.

Gasur is on Department of Fish and Wildlife probation with a lifetime fishing license ban. He is barred from owning or possessing fishing equipment, according to the park police department.

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