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Crafty Angler · 02-02-2005, 08:19 AM

Boost the possession fines to $1,000 a pop for violations plus gear (tackle, boat, auto) seizures like they do elsewhere - and have the officers check catch coolers. A $50 fine is hardly a deterrent.

The word will get out if they enforce the law vigorously - and if the prosecutors and the courts take it all seriously rather than hand out what is barely a slap on the wrist now.

02-02-2005, 08:19 AM	#16
Crafty Angler Geezer Gone Wild iTrader: (2) Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,397 Blog Entries: 2	Boost the possession fines to $1,000 a pop for violations plus gear (tackle, boat, auto) seizures like they do elsewhere - and have the officers check catch coolers. A $50 fine is hardly a deterrent. The word will get out if they enforce the law vigorously - and if the prosecutors and the courts take it all seriously rather than hand out what is barely a slap on the wrist now.
	"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.