It was supposed to be a fun trip for a group of men from Milwaukee. They went to the Chippewa Flowage in Northern Wisconsin, but ran into trouble.

"I will say this until they day I die; we were singled out because of our color," says Johnnie McGlaston.

The DNR claims they got a tip the group was over the fishing limit. The agency claims the men had caught more than 2,200 fish.

"It is common, we're finding that people do cheat on their limits but grossly overbagging to the extent that these folks did is not as common," says one DNR representative.

The men admit they made a mistake and didn't understand all the rules, but they claim they saw other groups with just as many fish.

"If we had the daily possessions or all our possessions right they would have found something. They came to get us for something," says Charles Walker.

The DNR flatly denies targeting the men.

The fishermen will have to pay up. The DNR says the group's fines add up to more than $28,000, and the men will lose their fishing licenses.


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Wow they exceeded the bag limits by 400% and claimed they didn't understand the rules. You've got to be kidding me. When you buy your license you get a book with the rules in it.

I'm getting tired of race being used as a scapegoat for everything. Well I shouldn't say everything but it seems to be poping up more and more lately.

ignorance of the law is no excuse

So lemme get this straight ... they were arrested for fishing while black ... ? Sure ...

The cops target me all the time, just because they 'say' I was speeding. I think it has to do with that camera that they are holding on the side of the road.....I apparently am always picture number 92mph I'm beginning to think they just wait for my car and when they see my picture they pull me over. That's profiling! and Profiling is wrong!