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There has been a bunch of letters to the editor since the shark tourny that are calling for its end. Some of these guys are clearly PETA or Environmental Whackos that just don't like seeing fisherman at the dock (at all) IMO. They labeled fishermen as drunken slobs gloating over their catch and made sure there was an overdose of police to curtail such activity. My point is the bars around OB have drunken slobs most nights all summer and most of them are casual boaters tied up at the dock... most fishermen I know that plan on going offshore at 4:00am the next morning are not drinking hard...Yes many have a few beers upon return to port and I think this is where the stigma comes from but in my view it is no big deal. There are a few loudmouths that are making a big stink about this though.
I think the best thing they could do is after the weigh in to cart off the sharks to a off site tent for their autopsy instead of standing knee deep in a bloody parking lot in the middle of town.
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