[catfishonthelake]

I know everyone is a fisheries biologist and well-versed on the impact of invasive species to our waterways, but this comes down to a simple matter of...the law. I guess someone could make a justification of why they don't have to buy a license, or throw trash on the ground. And hell, I wouldn't even mind seeing the entire Delaware River smallmouth population wiped out if it meant the flatheads are going to grow to 60+ lbs sometime soon. And you know what, the hell with paying my taxes because I don't want a single dollar of it going to support some liberal BS agenda. Cause to me, a lot of what my money goes towards is hell of a lot more unjust than what kind of fish are swimming in NJ. Laws, no matter how justified or how dumb, are there for us to follow, not to interpret, plain and simple.

Now that being said, I caught a snakehead once, and I threw it back, but I did so knowing that I was doing something illegal and not justifying it with some BS rationale that I know better than everyone else.

Snakeheads and flatheads and a ton of other fish are certainly here to stay, but if you want to consider yourself a real sportsman you will abide by all statutes of NJDEP F&G, and all states for that matter, not just the ones you feel are legit. Plain and simple. Do what you're gonna do, but accept what you're doing and don't try and justify it.

If you really think the laws are wrong, then go to a fisheries management meeting and say so, make some noise, write letters, do whatever. But to sit here complaining about the laws, break them and do nothing to get them changed is just ignorant. Look at Andy, you're a wacky dude but probably the one person who doesn't sit on their A$$ and actually gets things accomplished through actions instead of ping pong arguing on message boards.