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Mr. Sandman · 02-23-2004, 10:43 PM

I took a peak this afternoon during lunch at the local run...no heavy ice anymore but no sign of them yet...soon though. Sounded really nice!

I agree, I think you *should* ONLY be allowed to take them post spawn...I have asked the constable about this (why it is open pre spawn) and he said some folks like them for the roe. OK. I think (at this juncture) the roe is the most valuable part of this fish, we need it to grow more fish..we can't waste it. But that guy is a lobster man looking for bait!!...again, poor management (who really don't care) and little enforcement with no teeth is the reason the herring status is what it is. Not just the runs either...offshore as well. How about we do what is right for the fishery and forget about everyones individule needs for once.

You want to stop run breakins/poaching ect..1 year in prison mandtory no parole. (yeah i am serious) Unfort. It will never happen. Crack dealers in jr. Highs don't get that! No one really cares about these fish...if they did something would have been done a loooong time ago.

IMO they should just shut down all the runs for at least 5 years completely. It is insane out here. I swung past the run at 3:00am last year and there was already a line for when it opened at 5:00am. We have guys breaking into the run at night on closed days to steal herring, they bust up the gates and even damagin the run itself....several times each season. I am going to stake it out some night and 911 these sob's.
I spoke to the constable about this and he said that what really pisses him off is they they trashed the latter and no fish made it up for something like 48 hours...until he fixed it. Everyone esp sports fisherman need to protect this resource not abuse it.

They are building a new run out here (re-establishing an old one from katama bay to the pond) Dug it out and but they plan to cover it somehow (friggin cormants can eat something like 20 per day each.), take about 5+ years for it to get producing again. The constable told me they had $300K to do it, most of it went for the firggin permits to the state and fed to dig in there! WTF is wrong with this picture!?! Again, top management with their thum up their butt. They should GIVE them the permits and HELP($) them with the heavy lifting...if not this will be gone.

02-23-2004, 10:43 PM	#24
Mr. Sandman Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 7,649	I took a peak this afternoon during lunch at the local run...no heavy ice anymore but no sign of them yet...soon though. Sounded really nice! I agree, I think you should ONLY be allowed to take them post spawn...I have asked the constable about this (why it is open pre spawn) and he said some folks like them for the roe. OK. I think (at this juncture) the roe is the most valuable part of this fish, we need it to grow more fish..we can't waste it. But that guy is a lobster man looking for bait!!...again, poor management (who really don't care) and little enforcement with no teeth is the reason the herring status is what it is. Not just the runs either...offshore as well. How about we do what is right for the fishery and forget about everyones individule needs for once. You want to stop run breakins/poaching ect..1 year in prison mandtory no parole. (yeah i am serious) Unfort. It will never happen. Crack dealers in jr. Highs don't get that! No one really cares about these fish...if they did something would have been done a loooong time ago. IMO they should just shut down all the runs for at least 5 years completely. It is insane out here. I swung past the run at 3:00am last year and there was already a line for when it opened at 5:00am. We have guys breaking into the run at night on closed days to steal herring, they bust up the gates and even damagin the run itself....several times each season. I am going to stake it out some night and 911 these sob's. I spoke to the constable about this and he said that what really pisses him off is they they trashed the latter and no fish made it up for something like 48 hours...until he fixed it. Everyone esp sports fisherman need to protect this resource not abuse it. They are building a new run out here (re-establishing an old one from katama bay to the pond) Dug it out and but they plan to cover it somehow (friggin cormants can eat something like 20 per day each.), take about 5+ years for it to get producing again. The constable told me they had $300K to do it, most of it went for the firggin permits to the state and fed to dig in there! WTF is wrong with this picture!?! Again, top management with their thum up their butt. They should GIVE them the permits and HELP($) them with the heavy lifting...if not this will be gone.