Just a few comments
IMO ..
Ark bait /is in the fishing business // the closer to home the less expense ;;
once they leave /the lobster boats & anyone else can & do purchase bait from ARK bait ;;;
DZ
said there are more pogies in the bay in JULY & AUGUST .>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I guess i,ve been missing something for 40 years ......... I havn,t ever seen that >>>>> & I was under the assumption that they went offshore to spawn in the summer ;;; & if there are sooooooooooooo many pogies in the summer ........ why can,t we find them & why would ARK bait leave RI ????????
they are fisherman & work very hard at it // I know they have by-catch / but is nothing compared to what a dragger kills & shovels overboard in a given day >>>>>>>> talk a bout a waste & killing in giant proportion / BUt again /its there lively hood & alot of times what they are discarding are eatable fish /but because of quota,s & opening & closing of seasons on different species // they [HAVE to discard those fish .......... there not happy they have to throw many back in the sea ;; & the way a trawler works / once the net is brought on board & the catch is released on the deck / the majority of the stocks is dead // only the strongest of fish usually make it out alive IE >>> lobsters, tautog . some flounder // for the most part /the soft fish is history >>> F #$%^&* I,m way off base ;;
I personally wouldn,t want to be told I can no longer make part of my living /unless there is proof /that I actually affect some postive things in the bay >>> quality of fishing /quality of the water ;;
what I would like to see /is a more controlled or agreed upon area of Pogie fishing ;;
John stated that /the pogies are safe only in certain area,s // not true // like any fisheman that is making a living .. they go where the fish are ......... Being on th ewater for too many years I can appreciate A/B being pissed /
I remember when Jerry was netting in a penn yarn [sp] they have paid there dues ;;
Just come to some kind of agreement that gives some of the pogies a chance // example can,t go in to shallow water // or small protective coves // Potters Cove is a hotspot / inside up tight in Bristol harbor / & so on // iF there really are that many pogies in the bay // that shouldn,t be a problem ;;;
ya gotta comprise /think about it >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
&&&&&&&&&&& ya gotta remember that if they did ban ARK bait // then there would be fisherman that would be pissed / because they are clueless on how to find & catch pogies >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> they only fish when they get their bait from ARK Bait ..........
life is a one way street & we all should have a right to drive down it// as long as it doesn,t hurt someone else ;;
GOT EELS
