Conservation agents seized several paddlefish as well as 75 pounds of extracted eggs in Lake of the Ozarks, keeping them from ending up on the black market.
Missouri Department of Conservation Lt. Mike Jones, along with Cpl. Tyler Brown, spoke about the April 30 incident that all started with a tip from a caller in late spring.
“We got some information from an informant about some Russians that were taking over limits of paddlefish,” Jones said in an interview with the News-Leader.
Agents met the fishermen — two adults and one juvenile — once they pulled in their boat late that night in Lake of the Ozarks near the Wigwam School Access.