Sounds great, but in this day in age you know how things work. You want to take the punishment into your own hands thats fine, but be prepared to suffer the legal ramifications that follow. One call from the poachers, and you are walking away in handcuffs for assault. Like I said before, I disagree with the way things were handled, bottom line light ramifications were laid down upon those with the fish. This is the dillemma that occurs all the time, one guy mishandles a situation and the civilians like yourselves paint the entire face of law enforcement with your brush of scrutiny because one individual took upon themselves to not do their job properly. Like I said before, if you feel that strongly about it you need to make noise in the right areas....in this case, the head of DEP.

Jawzz, the problem you run into when trying to take the punishment into your own hands as you wrote in your post, is a simple complaint by the poacher, a positive id on you after lumping those guys up results in you walking away in cuffs and going to court for your actions. And I hate to say it, but depending on the judge you get, they may look at the beatings you put forward upon someone for taking fish as excessive and unreasonable. So is it worth it? Go to the top and try to have the problem rectified, dont take the law into your own hands...