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Originally Posted by numbskull
Breaking the law is one thing and if that upsets you then fine, take it out on a bunch of immigrants.
As for hurting the fishery.........have you considered that killing a single legal #30 bass ( a female that produces millions off offspring each season) likely harms the fishery more than poaching a hundred small fish (that are primarily males)?
Small time poaching is much less of a problem for fisheries than the legal ethic of recreational fishermen that encourages keeping large fish.
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Completely agree with this part. As others have stated, the enforcement is such a joke that you can get away with it on a state pier? This is the problem that allows the exploitation of species that need protection. Why not say kcuf it and go back to fishing herring, i mean, what's the big deal. Does it make it more acceptable if I eat the ones that I don't use for bait?