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Outfished, I had heard the same. I'm hoping nobody takes the guy seriously, but the press has certainly grabbed hold of this story, perhaps when they shouldn't have.
I'm going to write a letter to the president. I started the club so I might as well defend it.
It sucks though. The club makes a lot of contributions to various fishing related causes. The kid who commented in the article works with a group called the Penobscot Partnership to take down dams along the Penobscot and restore the atlantic salmon run.
In general, I think fisherman are good for the environment. They have stake in the status of the fishery so they're usual pretty proactive. It sucks that one loser would prefer to take all the good that fisherman do for the environment (and the fish) and trash it under the guise of animal cruelty.
My buddy Chet said it right. "We pose very little threat to the fish of Maine." Seriously.
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