On the subject of cops..

Last night I was at a local pond fishing with my buddy, his friend, and his friend's girlfriend. After about 2 hours his friend and his friend's girlfriend left leaving me with just my buddy. I go up to the truck and grab a bottle of poweraid and i'm sitting there drinking it and fishing with my buddy. 3 hours later or so we decided we should be leaving. Just then my mom calls me so I answer my phone and I put the cap on my poweraid and set it down next to me. On the phone for a little bit and I get up, grab my pole, and walk back to his truck. I sit down in the truck and my buddy does the same. We go to leave when we hear a siren behind us.. It's a game warden. He walks up to us, introduces himself and talks to us for a little bit. We hand him our fishing licenses and he's still chatting, asking how we did and what not. Then he looks at me and was like "So how was that poweraid?"

Me: "Uh.. good I guess?"
Him: "Little expensive don't ya think?"
Me: "Like a dollar at most, not that bad."
Him: "Nah, little bit more than that. Where is it anyways?"
Me: *Looks around* "Oh crap, must of left it down there my bad. I'll go grab it."
Him: *Lifts up the bottle* "You mean this right here?"
Me: "Oh thanks sir"
Him: "Not so fast. You know what this is? This is excessive littering."
Me: "..excuse me?"
Him: "I'm gonna have to write you a ticket. Hope your poweraid was worth it. Thanks for offering to get it though"

And I got fined $500 for littering. What. The. Fuck. It was an honest mistake, I forgot the damn thing. I didn't throw it in the bushes, I didn't toss it in the water, it was sitting upwards on the path closed and I honestly forgot it. That's fucking excessive. No warning, no nothing. What the shit...

I have the option to take it to court and fight it, but I risk getting higher fines and 60 days in jail.. for poweraid.