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00:10I need to talk to you about a few things, OK?
00:12OK.
00:13This is how it was laying when I found it.
00:15Feet are all tied up.
00:17Definitely something I haven't really seen before.
00:19We're capturing sheep to move into the Cortez range.
00:22This has been years in the making.
00:25Everybody, just back up, please.
00:27Just back up.
00:27We're up here capturing smallmouth bass, stun them, net them,
00:32put them in tanks.
00:33Grab it.
00:34Don't worry about it.
00:35Don't worry about me.
00:36Ma'am.
00:37Subconscious?
00:40Nevada, a land of extremes.
00:44From the strip to the summits, it's wild country.
00:48Home to more than 900 species and a way of life worth protecting.
00:54Preserved for the people and the wildlife that call it home.
00:59One team stands guard.
01:01This is Nevada Wild.
01:20The release this morning should go off around 7.
01:25My name is Mike Cox, Bighorn Sheep staff biologist.
01:29I've been working with Bighorn Sheep for 33 years here in Nevada.
01:33We are capturing desert Bighorn Sheep to relocate to the Cortez Mountains
01:38that haven't seen Bighorn Sheep probably since the early 1900s.
01:42We have too many Bighorn that are trying to survive in the Mojave Desert.
01:47With recent droughts, we don't have the forage.
01:50We don't have the grasses, the forbs, and their water is limited.
01:53And we're hoping to capture approximately 140 desert Bighorn Sheep
01:58to move two mountain ranges to the north.
02:01They're going to have food and resources for them to survive and thrive.
02:06Good morning! Thank you for coming out and waking up early.
02:09My name is Erin. I'm the biologist for Nevada Department of Wildlife based out of Las Vegas.
02:16These are my sheep, so we're going to treat them very kindly today.
02:20We'll have the helicopter. They're already out. They're already searching.
02:24We're capturing sheep to move into the Cortez range.
02:28This has been years in the making to try to get Bighorns back in there.
02:33So, yeah, this is going to be a pretty incredible opportunity for you all to be involved.
02:41So, the animals will be captured by the helicopter crews, brought back, slung in, and dropped.
02:53And then we have tables set up with evaporative coolers.
02:57It'll be 100 degrees, but it'll be 80 degrees in that tent, and then we'll process them.
03:07So, I'm looking at vital signs, respiratory, heart rate, drop blood, do nasal swabs, looking for disease and genetics.
03:16And then we'll put on collars.
03:18It's a fairly lengthy process, and so it's good to have that in a spot where we're cool and the
03:25animals can be cool.
03:26You good with loading in the back?
03:28Yeah.
03:29Okay.
03:29I'm Josh Kirk.
03:31I'm the Area 10 game biologist in northern Nevada.
03:33I'm in the Cortez Mountains.
03:35Okay.
03:35We'll just slide.
03:37There you go.
03:37We take a body condition score, BCS score, on all of our animals just to identify with the body fat
03:43content.
03:44And we also do some ultrasounds to measure the exact amount of body fat.
03:48And in doing so, we can just kind of see the condition of these animals.
03:51She's got no body fat.
03:54I gave her a 1.25.
03:58There's a body condition score from one to five.
04:01And actually, a body condition of three is a rock star, Olympic athlete, wild animal.
04:10She's a 1.
04:12She's going to be happy to go to greener pastures.
04:15With the limited resources, we're seeing the decreased body condition.
04:19So that's just another need to put them into the new place so the animals that are existing can get
04:24these resources.
04:40My name is Chris Walther of Game Warden Southern Region, which covers most of southern Nevada from Colorado River and
04:48Laughlin all the way up to central Nevada.
04:52Today, I'm going to be patrolling in Laughlin on the Colorado River.
04:55It's a section of river below Davis Dam.
04:58It gets very congested at times.
05:00And in some areas, it's very narrow.
05:02So it creates a very unique situation for recreational boating safety.
05:18Hey!
05:19Shut it off.
05:20Shut it off.
05:27Okay, the reason why I'm stopping you is for splashing your buddy.
05:30Okay, sorry, buddy.
05:30Okay?
05:31You understand with a jet ski, right?
05:33You lose steering when you let off the throttle?
05:35Yeah.
05:35So it's very dangerous.
05:36Whose jet ski is it?
05:38Uh, it's one of my oldest.
05:40Okay, go ahead.
05:40Hold onto that rope.
05:41Just hold yourself tight to the boat.
05:42Hold the rope.
05:53All right, sir, you have your ID with you?
05:55Okay.
05:56You know where the fire extinguisher is on this?
06:0310-4, 10-6.
06:05What's that?
06:07Are you sure?
06:08Yeah.
06:08Where's your camp at?
06:09Where's all your family?
06:10Right.
06:10So it's not in the front?
06:12No.
06:13It's on the right.
06:14Okay, you mind if I take a look?
06:15Yeah, yeah.
06:15Okay, so it's supposed to go right there.
06:17Yeah, yeah.
06:17All right?
06:18What I need you to do is lift the seat and see if it's underneath the seat.
06:25Nope.
06:25Okay, have a seat.
06:26Go ahead, put it back.
06:27Have a seat.
06:29Okay, so requirements for having a jet ski on the water in Nevada.
06:33Grab the rope, please.
06:34Yep.
06:34You've got to have a fire extinguisher on board.
06:35Okay, it's a violation to not have it.
06:37Yes, sir.
06:38Not to mention splashing.
06:39Yeah.
06:39Okay.
06:40So you said your ID's in the car?
06:42Yeah.
06:42All right.
06:44Arena 34-11-27-29, verbal out of California.
06:49It's going to be last of Robert, date of birth.
06:56All right, let me explain this to you, all right?
06:57Yes, sir.
06:58This is a violation, reckless operation, sharp turn, close proximity.
07:01All right.
07:01Total bail is 115.
07:03All right.
07:03Payable to Laughlin Justice Court by the 18th of November.
07:05Court's address is right there.
07:07Yeah, make sure you hook that lanyard up, though.
07:14I stopped at PWC due to the fact that he was splashing the other jet ski, which is a very
07:21dangerous situation.
07:23We have a statue that involves close proximity and sharp turns within another jet ski.
07:29And if for some reason he lost control of that ski, would have crashed right into his partner, potentially injuring
07:36him.
07:36So he got a ticket for basically reckless operations.
07:41It absolutely is a hard water way to keep everybody under check.
07:44It's a lot of river to cover.
07:57Offline in the summertime is usually quite busy, so we approach every shift as if something
08:03were going to occur.
08:04And if it doesn't, then great.
08:05But if it does occur, then we're usually prepared to handle it the best we can.
08:15Reno 3411-1023.
08:20Reno 3411-1023.
08:22Commute, where is your location?
08:25Edwater.
08:27Reno 3411-1024.
08:32We've got an unknown amount of people in the water, trying to keep from getting sucked under
08:36a dock or a walkway.
08:38Get out of the way.
08:39Get out of the way.
08:40Get out of the way.
08:40Get out of the way.
08:41And get in.
08:41And get started.
08:52Get out of the way. Get out of the way. Get out of the way.
08:57Do not let go.
09:00Grab her. Don't worry about her. Don't worry about me.
09:04We've got an unknown amount of people in the water trying to keep from getting sucked under a dock.
09:08We have to try to figure out how to get them all safely out of the water before we even
09:12start to determine if there was an incident that occurred.
09:16On three. On three.
09:34Don't worry about the jet ski. Everybody just back up, please.
09:38Just back up. Back up, back up, back up.
09:41Give me that life jacket. Give me that life jacket, please.
09:45Okay, okay, okay.
09:47Ma'am.
09:48Subconscious?
09:50Can you breathe? Breathe. Focus on breathing.
09:52Okay, okay.
09:53Focus on breathing.
09:54We got you already. We got you already.
09:55As game wardens, we are trained as first responders, but usually it's just a matter of trying to keep them
10:00calm and just wait for everybody else to show up.
10:05Hey, get some gauze.
10:09We're code 4. We need medical.
10:11Please advise bullhead. We'll have three PWCs floating downriver that need to be secured.
10:18You wiggle your toes.
10:20When more of them, it'll be good. More of them. It's good. It's good.
10:23It's good. It's good.
10:38We have Clark County Medical en route.
10:40They were going to return the skis.
10:42She got scared for some reason, turned sideways.
10:46These two females were together.
10:48Somehow she pulled her into the water.
10:50They both were off the skis, floated right into the front of the boat.
10:54They were hanging on for dear life.
10:57Any day you survive a shift in Laughlin is a great day.
11:01Yes, we did have a couple people that were taken to the hospital for some minor injuries.
11:07But as long as we're out there and we're trying to help the public and enforce recreational boating safety, I
11:13mean, that's all you can do.
11:25Today is supposed to get right around 108 to 111, maybe a little bit hotter right here in the landing
11:30zone with this blacktop.
11:32Yeah, I mean, that one's 101.
11:35We are concerned about their temperatures.
11:38We start early and the capture crew is told to try to limit your chase time.
11:45Okay.
11:47Towels.
11:48Towels.
11:50We've got all the processes to cool them down.
11:53We've got cool ice bath towels.
11:56We'll give IV fluids if they're warm and that will cool their core down.
12:01Give me those.
12:02Give me those.
12:03Big towels.
12:04There's one right here.
12:05Bigger, bigger towels.
12:08We'll give IV fluids if they're warm and that will cool their core down.
12:13How's the temp doing?
12:14Ten.
12:15It's dropping a little.
12:16Yeah.
12:16Good, good.
12:16Definitely have a nice, mature ewe.
12:20We're going to add some oxygen to her.
12:24Breathe a little bit easier on the table.
12:28Matt has got the ear tag so we can identify the animals from a distance.
12:34Alana is going to draw some blood primarily for looking at serology, primary bacteria that
12:42is involved with pneumonia.
12:44We're going to look at her teeth.
12:46So the blood is removed.
12:49And she is an old one.
12:52But you can see that her teeth, she's weared a lot of the enamel off and they're not sharp
12:57anymore.
12:58She's nine.
12:59And we've had ewees all the way up to 18 years of age here around the Lake Mead area.
13:07Maybe a little bit rougher winters up north, but I'll bet you she'll go to at least 12,
13:1413 years of age.
13:15So we're putting a GPS collar.
13:18This particular collar actually has solar panels on top.
13:22We've been told by the manufacturer that we can get six to seven years of battery life.
13:27Typically, we only get like two and a half, three and a half.
13:30The collar has an expansion magnets that fold on top of each other.
13:34I think it's always good to have some sort of expansion because they're losing weight and
13:40gaining weight.
13:41They're getting pregnant.
13:42They're giving birth.
13:43There's a lot happening on an annual basis that neck size expands and contracts.
13:49She's going to go back in the trailer with the rest of the sheep.
14:03Got the legs up, which is good.
14:05Keep coming in.
14:08That's a picture-perfect loading of a ewe.
14:13Let's get some more.
14:16I'm Joe Bennett.
14:17I'm a wildlife staff specialist for the Nevada Department of Wildlife.
14:20Moving 150 sheep in a two-week time frame is kind of unprecedented.
14:26As you can imagine, that's fairly expensive.
14:28It's $10,000 to $15,000 per day operating that helicopter.
14:33We're talking a million-dollar project, and we wouldn't be able to do it without these
14:37enthusiastic, passionate people.
14:40Good deal.
14:43We just wrapped up the last animal.
14:46We loaded into the trailer, and all the animals are looking great.
14:52They've got a slight sedative that lasts for a couple hours, but all in all, the animals
14:58are really in great shape, very alert.
15:01We can release these animals in the Cortez Mountains, which is almost 200 miles to the
15:06north.
15:07To see them liberated, it's going to be a treat at the release site.
15:26My name's James Mortimer.
15:28I'm a game warden out of Reno.
15:29Another game warden, Travis Chapman.
15:31He's out on a dead deer down in the Gardnerville area of Nevada.
15:35Right now, the information from the warden is, it's bound with whatever it may be, either
15:43rope or twine or something like that, and there's drag marks and everything.
15:46So we don't know what to make of it yet, whether this animal's been poached and or it's just
15:50a dead animal that was on somebody's property.
15:53The warden just sent me some photos.
15:56It's a doe mule deer.
15:58No obvious bullet holes or bullet wounds.
16:01There are some markings in the front of the head as if maybe it was shot, but the warden's
16:06saying that he's unable to find any sort of trauma that would be consistent with a bullet
16:11hole.
16:11So it's not uncommon that somebody would want to drag a dead deer off their property, but
16:17to leave it bound and tied like this is definitely worth something investigating.
16:21So you're looking at different violations.
16:25This could range up to felony unlawful killing of the game.
16:28Right now, we don't have any mule deer open seasons going on.
16:32That and none of the meat has been taken.
16:34So this animal has possibly been poached and left to rot, or it could range to a misdemeanor,
16:40just somebody moving that animal off his property.
16:54Travis, how are you?
16:55Jimmy, how are you?
16:58Looks like it's been dragged because it's got the feet all tied up.
17:03I'm not seeing too many drag marks.
17:05It's probably been here a couple days.
17:07Okay.
17:07So we're not stepping on anything if we go this way?
17:09I don't believe so.
17:10Maybe tire tracks at most.
17:12Okay.
17:13This is how it was laying when I found it.
17:15Yeah.
17:15Feet are all tied up.
17:17Okay.
17:18There's a ratchet strap on there.
17:22The boundings, definitely some I haven't really seen before.
17:26I only followed it to about the main road.
17:29Yeah.
17:29And then it blends in with all the other tracks of people driving by and walking by.
17:34Lots of people coming in and out?
17:36Lots of people walking.
17:36That's who found this was somebody walking their dog.
17:38Okay.
17:39How long ago did they call that in?
17:40That was last night.
17:41I checked it out first thing this morning.
17:43The call is suspicious.
17:45One being that the animal is bound by some rope or twine around its ankles.
17:49The second being the location of the animal.
17:52It is an area in which there's a lot of UTV and side-by-sides that have the opportunity
17:56to take a shot at one of these deers.
17:59It does have some sort of markings on its eye as if maybe there was a bullet hole there.
18:04We won't know until we start to dig through this.
18:06So right now we'll just start on the necropsy.
18:09It's starting to bloat.
18:11Yeah.
18:11I'm looking at three or four days, too.
18:13More just looking at the maggot growth, too, and then obviously him finding it.
18:16All right.
18:21The necropsy is similar to an autopsy that's done on a human to determine the cause of
18:26death, whether that be from a bullet or natural causes.
18:29You can see the pus coming out of here, and you can feel the pus here.
18:33Right.
18:34I'm wondering if that has anything to do with possible hit-by-car and...
18:39Somebody didn't want to deal with it and drug it out here?
18:42Yeah.
18:43The process that we'll go through for this necropsy, we'll skin it back on one side.
18:47If there is any sort of bullet hole or trauma, we'll follow that back into the internal parts
18:52of the animal, pulling it back layer by layer.
18:54Looking at it, this looks like it's coming from the intestines.
18:56It's kind of green and would come from maybe one of its stomach compartments, which could
19:01show some sort of internal rupture, whether that's blunt force trauma by a car or the travel
19:07of the bullet if this was shot.
19:12Oh, crap.
19:15Baby fetus.
19:16Oh, that sucks.
19:18She had twins.
19:19Twins?
19:20Yeah.
19:29Wow, that's sickening.
19:35It's usually around this time that mule deer are dropping fawns.
19:39It could be that this mule deer has passed from complications with birth.
19:44Right now, I'm not really seeing any entry and or exit wounds to be consistent with any
19:49sort of rifle.
19:50Right.
19:50I mean, you have a couple of different scenarios, right?
19:52We have the fawns that were inside.
19:55She could have been trying to give birth to these fawns and because of complications,
20:00passed away.
20:01There is a little bit of trauma that could be consistent with hit by car, but nothing
20:05crazy like broken bones or anything like that.
20:07So we just wrapped up the necropsy.
20:13It didn't seem to be that there was any human involvement in this other than the animal being
20:18bound by rope and twine.
20:20So still, there's some violations that's going on here.
20:23I think the best route is just kind of talk to people that are around here.
20:26Okay.
20:28See what they know.
20:29Yeah.
20:29Well, if you need me, let me know.
20:30I can come back down.
20:31Yeah.
20:32See you around.
20:32See ya.
20:36It's very odd to see a mule deer like that bound around the ankles and then tied up
20:44with a ratchet strap and dragged from a certain amount of distance.
20:47We weren't able to follow tracks to really see how far, but it's not just one mule deer
20:52that we're investigating here.
20:53It's the mule deer fawns that also weren't able to be born that could continue the population
20:58growth here in the state.
20:58We need to complete the investigation, just make sure it wasn't unlawfully killed.
21:19Like setting up camp is the worst thing in the world.
21:24Travis Hawks, Western Region Fisheries Biologist, and I cover Truckee River, Tahoe Basin, and
21:29Washoe County Fisheries.
21:31We're up here capturing smallmouth bass.
21:34We've got a reservoir right now that the bass are overpopulating, and so they're not getting
21:38very big.
21:39The anglers kind of want to catch bigger fish, so we're going to capture a bunch using our
21:42electrofishing boat.
21:44So we stun them, net them, put them in tanks.
21:47We'll also do some fishing, try to capture a few.
21:49And then we're going to take them back to some fisheries that aren't as productive.
21:53So there's one in the Reno Sparks area called Sparks Marina that gets a lot of use.
21:58A lot of people like to fish it, but not as many fish.
22:00So we'll use this surplus we have out of here to repopulate some of those other spots and
22:04give the anglers something to target.
22:07The entire boat is an electrofishing unit, and so off the front you've got those two
22:13probes is what we call them, and they'll hang in the water, and they're putting out an electrical
22:17current, and then the hull of the boat is actually receiving that electrical current.
22:22And so we're able to basically stun any fish within a 20 to 30 foot area.
22:27They'll float up to the top.
22:28They're not really immobilized, but it just slows them down.
22:32And so then we'll have a couple guys, Cody and Jake will be on the front, and they'll
22:36be netting those fish as they see them, and then putting them onto the boat in the live
22:40well that'll hold them.
22:42The boat's high voltage, there is the potential to shock people, so we're really careful about
22:46that.
22:47Brad, who's running the boat, he's been trained on it.
22:49He knows what he's doing.
22:50If you touch the water, you're going to get shocked.
22:54If you reach in and try to grab a fish with your hand, you're going to get shocked.
22:58I have a kill switch back here to shut off everything.
23:01So I'll always be paying attention in case anybody goes in or we need to shut down.
23:07Guys up front, if we see a hazard or rock or anything sticking up, get my attention and
23:12wave me off.
23:19So right now we're just trying to find where a lot of fish are hanging out.
23:23So when we come back after dark and they're closer to the surface, we're able to capture
23:27as many as possible.
23:31Jake, I caught a fish.
23:33Yeah.
23:38So these are what we're after, smallmouth bass.
23:42It's a pretty small one.
23:43We actually want the smaller ones.
23:45The smaller the fish, the easier they are to haul, and the more of them we can take in
23:49a fish truck.
23:49The bigger ones are, you know, more mature, and they're the reproducing ones in this reservoir,
23:55so we kind of want to leave them.
23:57So smallmouth have these spines on their back.
23:59It's kind of a defense from bigger fish.
24:02They basically don't, you know, a fish doesn't want to bite that because when they stick those
24:05things up, that's bone, and it'll stab into you.
24:08It'll make you bleed if you're not careful.
24:10So when you grab them, you always want to either do that, you know, hold them down so
24:14they're not stabbing you or just grab them by the lift.
24:20You know, after the first day, if we're getting a lot of fish, then we're able to get more
24:23selective and only keep the small ones.
24:25But for now, we're going to keep everything.
24:33We've all been through training on running the electrofishers, and we all know how to
24:37run the equipment and keep it at frequencies low enough that all it really does is stun them
24:43and kind of just temporarily immobilizes them and allows us to capture them.
24:47We're getting quite a few fish.
24:49Are you?
24:49Yeah.
24:50So are we.
24:52Yeah.
24:54After dark is where we do the majority of the work.
24:58Once the sun goes down and those fish come close to the surface, we'll get several hundred
25:02in an hour.
25:04Jake, you're missing them.
25:12I'm running these fish back to the holding pens we've got.
25:17It's hard on them if we leave them in these tanks for too long, so we like to get them
25:20back
25:21and put them in those holding pens that are actually in the lake.
25:24It's the water they're used to, the right oxygen amount.
25:27It's just easier on them.
25:30Best we've ever done is about 1,800 in a couple of days, but things look really good this year,
25:35so I'm thinking we'll break 2,000.
25:36And then that's 2,000 more fish in the Sparks Marina.
25:43So our urban fisheries are actually the most important recreational fisheries we have in
25:48the state.
25:49These ones like this out in the desert a long ways away from everywhere are really cool,
25:53but those urban fisheries provide opportunity for basically everyone.
25:57So there's a lot of people that aren't able to drive three hours and come up to a reservoir
26:01like this, and so, you know, by taking these fish and moving them closer to town, what it
26:07does is it increases license sales, it gets kids involved in fishing.
26:10I mean, that's how 90% of us started, was fishing small ponds in our towns, and so they're super
26:17important for us and for the state.
26:20Get as close as possible.
26:25Basically, all they are is just some mesh netting that will string over that PVC, and
26:31then we'll sink a couple rocks in there to keep them from tipping over, because when
26:35we get some wind and some wave action, they tend to roll.
26:39And basically, it just keeps the fish in their natural environment until we're ready to take
26:45them out and put them in a truck.
26:47After we eat and then come back out, we'll just fish for about an hour.
26:52And we'll do our boat versus their boat, whoever gets more.
27:11I'm Jason Jackson.
27:13I'm a game warden with the Department of Wildlife.
27:15I'm out here today at South Fork Reservoir.
27:17It was built in the late 80s, mainly as a recreational reservoir.
27:21It gets fairly busy at times.
27:23It is not a huge reservoir.
27:25It's fairly confined.
27:27Our boats are highly visible.
27:28I'm going to be patrolling on a patrol boat and just going to be checking safety inspections
27:34on vessels, looking for reckless operation.
27:44There's something worthy of a traffic stop.
27:49So we're going to use lights and sirens probably for these guys.
27:54What I'm seeing with this vessel is that there's somebody riding on the engine cover, which
27:58is in the state of Nevada, reckless operation.
28:00It gives us a reason to stop and then do a further safety inspection.
28:11How are you guys doing today?
28:12Good.
28:13Good.
28:14I need to talk to you about a few things, okay?
28:16Okay.
28:16Where you guys are sitting right now in the state of Nevada, if you're operating above
28:20a weightless speed, it's considered reckless operation.
28:23Okay.
28:23So we can sit.
28:24So, yeah.
28:25I don't want to mess up.
28:27Whoa.
28:27So, since I got you here, I just want to do a safety inspection.
28:30Make sure you have all your safety equipment, your paperwork that's required, and everything
28:33else, okay?
28:36Okay.
28:38Enough light jackets for everybody on board?
28:40Yeah.
28:41A charge fire extinguisher?
28:42Yeah.
28:42We got all per up.
28:42Okay.
28:43Can you pull them out and hold them up for me?
28:48Okay.
28:50Those are all dope?
28:51Yeah.
28:52Yes.
28:52Okay.
28:54I see that.
28:55That's awesome.
28:56The one is here, too.
28:57He does have another one?
28:58There it is.
28:59Perfect.
28:59Do you mind if I take a look at it?
29:01Yeah.
29:01So, it should say U.S. Coast Guard approved on it.
29:05That means that it's a good one.
29:07It's going to save your life, right?
29:09You can do any swimming.
29:10You wear that one?
29:12Awesome.
29:12If you're operating this vessel in Nevada, these can't be in a stored compartment when
29:16you're operating.
29:18Okay.
29:18How about a charge fire extinguisher?
29:20You got one of those on board?
29:21Hi.
29:22I don't think we do, no.
29:23Okay.
29:24How about a Type 4 throwable?
29:26Do you know what that is?
29:27No.
29:28No.
29:28No?
29:28No idea.
29:29Okay.
29:30Sorry, man.
29:30Yeah.
29:31Okay.
29:32Any paperwork registration?
29:33Any of that?
29:34Do you have it?
29:34We have our registration.
29:35We just don't have the sticker yet.
29:37Who bought it?
29:39Me and him both.
29:40You guys are both on the, on the co-owners on the loan?
29:44One thing I'm looking for is just to make sure it's not stolen.
29:46Okay?
29:46Yeah.
29:47This is all about the trailer and stuff like that.
29:51Okay.
29:51Nothing you need.
29:52All right.
29:53So right now I have no fire extinguisher.
29:55I have no Type 4 throwable.
29:58You do need one of those.
29:59Okay?
30:01And you're operating recklessly.
30:03So that's a whole lot of things going wrong right now.
30:06Okay?
30:16Right now I have no fire extinguisher.
30:19I have no Type 4 throwable.
30:21You're operating recklessly.
30:22So that's a whole lot of things going wrong right now.
30:25Okay?
30:26This has a tendency to lead us to look further.
30:29Is this guy intoxicated?
30:30Why did he not take the initiative as a captain of this vessel to get his stuff together and
30:36follow the rules of all required safety equipment?
30:39And I see some alcohol on the board.
30:40You as an operator, have you had anything to drink today?
30:43No, sir.
30:43No alcohol at all?
30:44No.
30:45Okay.
30:45Do I have a driver's license with you?
30:47Well, no I don't.
30:48It's in my truck.
30:48It's in your truck.
30:49Okay.
30:50I buy fishing licenses on the licenses from us.
30:52You do?
30:53Okay.
30:53So you'll be in our...
30:54Yeah, we...
30:54Well, we put in online.
30:56Stand by.
30:57I'm going to push off.
30:58I just don't want to scratch the guy's boat.
30:59Okay?
31:00Okay.
31:00I'll just run in and I'll be right back with you.
31:02Okay?
31:04Reno, 24-10 on Elk, okay?
31:05You're 27, 29, all right?
31:08It'll come back no match.
31:09They have no paperwork, no nothing with it.
31:14At 10-4, and be advised, your subject is showing a 10-61 Charles.
31:18And it's coming back clear and current.
31:20At 10-4, Reno, I copy that.
31:21I'll be out code 4-10-6, citation.
31:25Okay.
31:27Choosing to write this guy a citation for reckless operation
31:30because it's more significant in that somebody could potentially get hurt.
31:35It's a $295 up to $400 potential violation.
31:40There's other violations that I could issue citations for.
31:44I'm choosing to issue him forewarnings, but the biggest one that could have a detrimental
31:49effect to anybody on this vessel is the reckless operation.
31:52I just want to explain the citation to you, okay?
31:54I cited you for operating in an unsafe manner, okay?
31:59Because of the fact that people were up there, it is considered reckless operation in the state
32:03of Nevada, so now you know.
32:05I could also cite you for no type 4.
32:07Right.
32:08No fire extinguisher.
32:10And the fact that your life jackets are in a stowed compartment that are not easily accessible.
32:16Where are you supposed to put them?
32:18I would have people sit on them and just make sure they're readily accessible.
32:23So anyways, a whole lot of warnings there, but the citation is for operating in an unsafe
32:26manner or condition, okay?
32:28Riding on the engine cover, like I said, which is right.
32:32Okay, your signature at the bottom is non-demissioned guilt.
32:34Just promise to appear to take care of my ticket, okay?
32:37So I want you guys to be safe.
32:39There's online classes you can take.
32:41There's so many rules of the road, and there's so much equipment that you guys are required
32:45to have when you're on a vessel as either one of you as a captain.
32:49So just so you're aware, okay?
32:51Cool.
32:51All right, thanks for being so cordial, guys.
32:54Sure.
32:54Hope you have a safe weekend.
32:55Yeah.
32:55Take care, little man.
32:57Goodbye.
32:58Bye, buddy.
32:59Next time, better time.
33:01Hopefully.
33:02Next time I see you, you'll be riding those wakes.
33:06Multiple violations that we detected, a citation was issued along with that.
33:11I think we educated a few people, and it changes quickly out here depending upon the numbers
33:16of people that come and go.
33:30We just got to the Cortez range, drove about eight hours from southern Nevada where we got
33:36these sheep.
33:37It's a complete different environment, a lot more forage, a lot more water.
33:40I've heard that we could have 100 people and cheering on the animals as they're running
33:46out of the trailers.
33:46So it's going to be really cool to see Bighorn back there again.
33:56It was one of the biggest captures I've been on, and a life experience and the gift to be
34:03a wildlife biologist restoring Bighorn sheep.
34:20It is just really gratifying to see them in a new place that's very productive and they can grow
34:27and be successful.
34:49Whenever you guys are set, I'm ready.
34:52Getting out in the daylight with hook and line and then a little bit with the electricity
34:57earlier today gave us an idea of where there's some big concentrations of fish right now,
35:02and we're going to work this damn phase.
35:06Bass in general are going to be closer to the surface when it gets dark.
35:09They're ambush predators, so the way they feed is they like to sit in the dark and wait for
35:15smaller fish to swim by.
35:17So during the daytime, they're typically pretty deep where there's not a lot of sunlight.
35:22At night, they all come out and move into the shallow water along the shoreline.
35:26And so those bass that we're after are all going to be cruising along that shoreline
35:30looking for those smaller fish.
35:33We're watching, just kind of keeping an eye on them, making sure that everything's going well.
35:39And then as they get too many fish, because they've got a pretty small live will on that boat,
35:44when they get a bunch of fish, we'll pull up next to them, offload those fish onto this
35:48boat, and then run them back to the live pens we have where we're camped.
35:53It looks like actually right now they need an offload because they just shut down the lights.
36:02This right here is where it gets interesting when you're trying to offload fish in the wind,
36:09in the dark, and not crash into the shoreline.
36:30Are we offloading?
36:32Yeah.
36:33Okay.
36:34And so there you can see the guys pushing off the shoreline because he's needing help from running
36:40the ground.
36:40With the angle we're taking it at right now, it's just pushing us into the shoreline, into
36:45the rocks.
36:47It just makes it tough with this big boat.
36:49It doesn't navigate very well in the land.
36:53That's going to hit me.
36:57Got it.
37:00I'll just hold us to me.
37:03Oh, we got a rogue rainbow in there.
37:05That's all right.
37:15We'll run these back.
37:16The wind's shifted.
37:18So after we run the dam one more time, if the waves aren't too bad, maybe we'll try to
37:22get up on the head of this.
37:24Yeah.
37:25We'll try and figure it out.
37:28We're going to try to inch our way back towards the live pens because we just offloaded about
37:34200 fish from Brad's boat.
37:36If this wind picks up a little bit more in the dark in a boat, you've got to be beyond
37:41careful just because you can't see what's coming.
37:43You really can't see where you're headed outside of your headlights.
37:48We made it.
37:49Now I just have to get up next to it in the waves and the wind and get these fish
37:56out.
38:07This wind is making it really fun because every time you stop focusing on one thing,
38:15the boat drifts, and you've got to pull yourself back.
38:22So this guy right here is a trout.
38:25And I mean, he's a good fish, but we're not trying to transport him, so I'm going to let
38:29him go.
38:33People have no idea the amount of work that goes into providing urban fisheries.
38:39And when people do realize how much work actually goes into it, they're super appreciative.
38:44And that's what makes me keep doing this, working at midnight in a windstorm on a wall
38:51canyon reservoir to capture a few thousand fish just so someone can catch them a few weeks
38:56down the road.
38:57With this load that they're putting in the pens right now, I think we're going to be well
39:01over 500 fish, which is more than I expected.
39:05So hopefully by the end of the night, we're over a thousand.
39:08I think easily we'll be over a thousand.
39:11So we can come across and work back into these smaller coves.
39:15Okay, we'll head over there and give it a try.
39:17All right.
39:18Hey, Jake, don't miss any fish.
39:23Jake, Brad's son, is helping us out.
39:25And he's 13 now, and he's been doing this since he's been about six years old.
39:30And he knows what he's doing as well as just about any of us.
39:34And so it's awesome to have him, and he's fun to make fun of.
39:37So it makes me feel better about myself.
39:40However, he is taller than me now, which is also super frustrating.
39:47I'm watching them net right now, and every time I see them go down and miss a fish, I
39:51get a little upset.
39:52So I'm swapping out with someone.
39:57All right, Trav, get your probe out there.
40:00All right, Jake.
40:01Let's see who gets more fish, huh?
40:12Jake, right there.
40:13There's a thousand of them.
40:19Jake, my arms are getting tired because I'm getting so many.
40:27That's a good amount of fish.
40:29I think we can pretty well call it.
40:32We got more than I was hoping for, and it's getting pretty late.
40:40These fish are going to get loaded up, and some of them are going to go to Rye Patch Reservoir
40:45in northern Nevada, and the rest are going to go to Sparks Marina in the Reno area, and
40:49hopefully some anglers can catch them, and then the ones that don't get caught, hopefully
40:54they reproduce and provide more fishing opportunity for the anglers of Nevada.
41:00Good work.
41:03I mean, I got more than you.
41:05I mean, I got more than you.
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