Troopers investigating the incident found the men at their boat where it was moored, officials said.

The men told the officers they hadn’t caught any fish, but the troopers said they saw lines going into the water from the dock. When they pulled the lines out of the water, troopers found four white sturgeon fish, officials said. They said they later found a fifth one. One fish was about 80 years old and 7 feet long, wildlife officials said in the release