Charter guide pleads guilty after Big But sting

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Ninilchik
Type: Sportfish guide violations
On 4/27/10 Jeffrey A. Glosser, 43, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty in Kenai District Court to one count of sportfish guide aiding a client in a violation and one count of sportfish guide reporting requirements. In July of 2009, Alaska Wildlife Troopers investigators conducted an investigation into Fishing Fool Charters guide Glosser. Glosser took Alaska Wildlife Troopers acting in an undercover capacity on a halibut charter that originated at Anchor Point aboard the charter vessel Big But. During the charter, Glosser allowed three clients to retain an overlimit of halibut in excess of the two halibut per person daily bag limit. Glosser allowed his clients to pool their catch of halibut until it equaled the maximum allowed under regulation for the number of clients aboard the vessel, a practice commonly referred to as party fishing. At the end of the charter, Glosser failed to record the number of halibut caught by each client before offloading the halibut. Alaska Department of Fish and Game saltwater charter logbook records submitted by Glosser falsely reported that each of the six clients aboard the vessel Big But retained two halibut each. Glosser was fined $10,000 and had his sportfishing license and sportfish guide license revoked for three years. All three years of license revocation and $5,000 of the fine are suspended pending no further violations during the revocation period.