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Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski
No guarantees here either.... Lets face it we've got the environmental groups fighting against us as well as the conversationalists and that seems to be a growing trend....
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I could be wrong, but I think you meant conservationists. Although conversationalists could mean all the people talking and complaining but not really taking a stand and fighting for the cause. Either word works I suppose.
Liking the dental-to-fishing analogies here Gerry, but pass me some Vicoden for 2017 - they waited until the very last minute to make these decisions - that's what October through March should be for.
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Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski
The issue here is not the regulations, they are the symptom... It's the Magnuson Act, and the quotas that are the root cause.
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I'm don't know exactly what the Magnuson Act is (will look into it further) but when they ALLOW a 'commercial guy' to buy a license enabling him to catch over 150 fluke a day starting at 14" (I read this from another person's post and wanted to puke) and want to restrict a guy who fishes for recreation to a 3 fish 19" limit - something is seriously SERIOUSLY
SERIOUSLY wrong with that system. Especially if you're looking at it from a conversationalist point of view.
(let's just talk about it)
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Originally Posted by 1captainron
If your willing to pay a "Fine" then they feel your now ready for a Salt Water license, what's the difference?
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The difference is CHOICE. It would be the anglers choice to take the risk of keeping more than the law states, just as it would be the choice of the officers to check your catch. With a salt water license, everyone would be mandated to have one and loads of officers would be needed for enforcement.
If they really wanted to deter people from doing wrong then the fine should be much bigger than $54 per incident. By lowering the fine and writing more citations, they would surely increase their revenue. And people would know their potential risk and cost in keeping extra fish - and have the choice to do so or not.
