[yumasdad]

totally with you BIGFISHY.

"preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience"


My prior writing regarding this matter is purely based on personal experience. As a child of immigrants-my Mom was born in GERMANY & came to this county with her family to avoid the oppression towards JEWISH people & were labeled sympathizers. As Catholics they did not like to direction of their homeland & came here to enjoy the freedoms & oppurtunities this great country offers. They did it the legal & the right way thru ELLIS ISLAND. They learned to speak the NATIONAL language & assimilated. Similar thing on my Dad's side-his father came from POLAND for the same reasons. I would be the last to racially discriminate, especially those groups.

From my own personal experiences I have encounters many ethnic groups committing various offenses such fishing without a license, not following creel /size limits, boats with gas motors over 10hp labeled as 10 hp crudely (not fooling anyone when you have a 25 hp motor with a 10 hp stencil on it), pontoon boats with big motors etc, no electric motors but by some miracle of physics were able to get up on plane & return to the launch after their beer party/love session was over- on a 10 HP max lake. I could go on but I am sure many of you have seen these & other offense as well.

When I have approached them they always seem to lose their ability to speak ENGLISH for some reason except as I am leaving it returns in the form of vulgarities.

A lot of these offenses are due to people take advantage reduced policing of the water by F&G & MARINE POLICE due to budget cuts.

It is up to us to pick up the slack & report the instances when we see an infraction.

If your are part of the solution you are part of the problem. Use them cell phones & cameras.

My apologies if I have offended anyone with my views...just calling it as I have seen it.