I went fishing with my family yesterday to the Kankakee River State Park and when we purchased bait we saw a sign that said we needed to get a fishing license. So we had my father purchase a fishing license just in case. When we were already packed up and leaving an officer showed up and asked us for our license. Well it turned out each of us needed our own fishing license so me and my boyfriend got a $75 citation for not having a license. She could tell we were serious when we told her we were unaware that we each needed a license(You would think she would let us off with a warning). Is there any way I can fight this in court. She didn’t actually physically see us fishing, we didn’t even have a line in the water, she just saw us carrying a fishing pole and tackle box back to the car. Can I argue that? Do u need a license to carry a fishing pole and a tackle box to the car? We didn’t even have any fish on us. Please help, I just really need to get out of this ticket cause I don’t have $75 to spare.