MSBA is only the voice of people that pay for membership - commercial, recreational and charter fishermen alike.
However, claiming that MSBA is the voice of recreational fishermen and then saying that MSBA is against the bill is a nice bit of politics. I'd bet more than a few people heard that and thought "well, if the voice of the rec community is against this, then I definitely should be."
Is this year's Stripers Forever Bill perfect? Certainly not. But it sure as hell is better than the current regulation.
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