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Mr. Sandman · 07-14-2004, 02:09 PM

net per hour...is so low they would better off with a land job (and so would the fish and the rec based fishing businesses.)
According to the stats last year (when the limit was 40 fish) the number of fisherman that sold that many fish was less then 2 %.
If you look at what the average number of fish caught were it is like 1.5 or so!!

Yeah I know a lot of guys that catch 20, 30+ fish but most don't (fact) ...also, look at the effort/gear/bait/fuel/time and energy they put into it.

IT IS NOT WORTH IT and the fishery would be better off if they kept the bass off the markets.

07-14-2004, 02:09 PM	#7
Mr. Sandman Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 7,649	net per hour...is so low they would better off with a land job (and so would the fish and the rec based fishing businesses.) According to the stats last year (when the limit was 40 fish) the number of fisherman that sold that many fish was less then 2 %. If you look at what the average number of fish caught were it is like 1.5 or so!! Yeah I know a lot of guys that catch 20, 30+ fish but most don't (fact) ...also, look at the effort/gear/bait/fuel/time and energy they put into it. IT IS NOT WORTH IT and the fishery would be better off if they kept the bass off the markets.