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Tackle shops or for that matter anything to do with small scale fishing is a tough way to make a buck
OT but somewhat related: (regarding fish populations)
I went to a local fishing club meeting the other night and they had 2 speakers from DMF. One spoke about data collection and what they did with it and the other spoke about the lic $ and how it is spent.
Polished powerpoint presentations. At the end they asked if anyone had any questions about the talk or anything marine fisheries related .
I raised my hand and the said..."Yeah, I have a lot of questions...first let me preface by saying please don't take what I am about to say personal"... and then opened with a barrage of problem issues I have with DMF. Most of his answers were boilerplate responses and not satisfactory except for one. To say I was passionate would have been an understatement.
Regarding SB on the cape and islands(and why I brought this up at all) , they think SB populations are fine. Yes they are lower than previous years and the fish are smaller but they feel they have enough breeders to sustain them. He said that it is expected that this trend will continue in the future but the stock as a whole is in good shape. It appears we had too many bass around before and now is a more normal population. That is the impression he left. We left shaking out heads in disbelief.
If you want me to discuss the other topics I will but in another thread but it was not that bright outlook. I was pretty POed . My wife took my blood pressure when I got home. (for real)
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