Fishing Freeloader?

IIR, a gal I knew in Wright Co, Mo kept getting offers from Fish & Game to stock her pond for free. Just as a public service they said. They made no mention of property tax, and there was no tax diff on property acres with or without ponds. So it seems they just want to give away fish to folks.... until you ask the locals what the deal is. Seems you dont need a license to fish on your own property, unless the ponds is one that has been stocked by Fish&Game.... if it had EVER been stocked by Fish&Game. So what they called a free service was just an attempt to force more folks to buy licenses till the end of time. Instead of getting free fish once, she opted to not give away her rights to free fishing, and her boyfriend had a guy dump 20 tiny catfish in her pond in trade for some horse breaking next spring.