In 2013, Phil Goldberg told me there were like 16 snowbird families who were being charged with fishing violations and various other charges and the Alaska Department of Revenue was investigating. He then told me that he thought I was one of the delinquent ones! A month or so later, a state trooper informed me that I was being investigated for fraud! Well, for the next six months our attorney in Arizona as well as a Juneau law firm did research on the issue. It seemed to stem from the way the other states did their property tax and what was a tax credit or wasn’t. Charges were dropped but what a hassle loose talk can cause. People who go in and out of Alaska are an easy target, as are the Canadians who come to Haines. But never to my knowledge have I seen a Yukoner take any of my shrimp pots. No crab pots, either. There were times I thought some crabs had been removed but I never complained to Fish and Game nor made any accusation that I thought the Canadians that came down here in a $90,000 camper stole my fishing hole.
Dale Cobb