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Hey mr Buckman your absolutely right there is a ton of anger being sent the way of the charter boat guys and i will tell you why. For the last five years I have seen my catches and those of my friends go down the the drain. All that time we have screamed to any one that would listen "we have a problem". But you guys insist there is no problem. You tell us that the bass have gone off shore, the are in different places, they no longer swim the places that they have frequented for as long as any one can rember. The for hire guys tell us that there is no problem but every big name in our sport says there is a problem. Zeno, John skinner, pat Abate, Bill Wentzel, D.J. muller, dock Muller, Dave Anderson, Toby Lipinski, Lefty Kreh, etc guess all those guys are wrong there is no bass problem. In addition to telling us there is no problem you post hero pictures of fools holding obscene amounts of large cows that they won't eat. Or worse yet rot in a fares freezer or given to the captain who sells them (many captains have commercial licences don't know if this is legal or not) and then they sell the catch. I live in RI and I go to the bass meetings. I was at URIlast night. And I hear your guys ask for special regulations because because you think loosing he second fish will hurt your bussiness. Who do you think you are wall street? Because you are in bussiness you think you have some god given right to a public resource. No you don't. I dont blame the for hires for all of the bass issues. I don't think 18" fish should be taken in Maryland or Jersey guys can take two bass a day with a third with a trophy tag. And I shure don't like poaching no matter whose doing it. But I can't effect what is going on in Maryland, Jersey or The back door of a newport restaurant. But I can keep going to the meetings and writing letters to try to advocate. I know his is a long rambling post guess its the result of a ton of personal frustration. But it's honestly how I feel. I also must say that I know a bunch of charter captains that I respect who care about the fishery ( these are the captains clients take a few fish a year but mostly encourage clients to release bass and take pictures. Thanks for letting me rant and rave.
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