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Originally Posted by gone fishin
"Perhaps if you guys who are still buying the permits stopped for a year or 2 maybe the CCNS would feel the pinch from the lack of revenue. Perhaps the local economy in P-Town and Truo would also feel the lost dollars. Then maybe something sane could be enacted."
In response ----
The only problem with boycottting the CCNS is that our sticker money goes to paying their salaries and maintaining the seashore. If we don't buy a sticker the opinion on their side will be that there isn't enough demand to allow access to the beaches by vehicle. That is exactly the excuse the Audobon and the CCNS is looking for. 
Support the MBBA in their effort to bring pressure legally to keep our access to the beaches.  |
Great point and one I considered. So it ends up being a Catch 22. Support the permit process and throw your money away or boycott the process and they think no one is interested and then they close down the whole damn thing.
I wonder if this is what JFK had in mind in 63 when he set aside the CCNS for the good of the common man?
I'll tell you one thing, if the fishing was like what we knew in the late 80s thru the late 90s there would be a war going on. I remember one night in 94 when there was a couple a thousand pounds of bass taken at the Second Rip in the hours between 1 and 4 am by about 20 guys. I was there and I can tell you that there wasn't a fish under 18 or 20 pounds kept. I stood right next to the late George Calzone on one side and the late Lanny Grazinni (who died 2 weeks ago) and these guys were amazed at the quality and quantity of fish we kept catching all night. It was insane!
No there were no Seals then!!!