Very nice piece from SJ Blog on Striped bass and ASMFC

[bobber]

Originally Posted by bart

MakoMike, you're a commercial/ charter guy, no?

You seem like an intelligent person. Do you ever feel like a complete tool who blindly regurgitates, abides, and stands by the laws, regardless of morals and ethics? Do you ever state your own feelings/opinions/ think for yourself or do you just merely quote the ASMFC employee handbook?

Do you feel your loyalty to the ASMFC is more rewarding than ignoring common sense? Again, you seem like an intelligent guy. Not a sheeple. Must be a battle within, fighting against intellect and common sense, but feeling the need to fluff the ASMFC's brain trust as well. Must be a "let's take a hefty dose of Reprisitoll and agree with whatever the ASMFC says" type of deal...

Good for you...

bart- youare WAY OFF in what you think of Mike's views on this.... is he a charter guy? yeah (at least I think so)
is he "blindly following along with ASMFC"? not in the least- look around on the other threads on here and SOL and you'll see many posts about his views on whats good and/or bad about all of this-

no offense, you couldn't be more wrong on this.... Mike's about as open-minded as you could ever want from a guy who derives his living by catching fish

[ed morini]

I just don't think that this is the place to call out individuals for their actions. It only leads to useless pigeon holing and no real solutions. Go to the hearings and voice your opinions there. EVERYONE needs to pull together on this so we can ALL benefit.

Ed

[rphud]

The sooner they do something the less drastic the measures will need be. Do the smart thing now and it would be more likely to be more acceptable to all involved. Wait and it will be more likely to be unacceptable to everybody, but just as likely to be unavoidable just like last time.

“Learn from history or you're doomed to repeat it.”
― Jesse Ventura

and

“Those unable to catalog the past are doomed to repeat it.”
― Lemony Snicket, The End

or

“We're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive. It's pretty dense kids who haven't figured that out by the time they're ten.... Most kids can't afford to go to Harvard and be misinformed.”

― Kurt Vonnegut, Bluebeard