And there it is....

[Backbeach Jake]

Originally Posted by likwid

And for it to work it needs to be all or nothing.
An internet site or two isn't gonna cut it.

And there lies our problem, we'd all rather hang separately than together. Each swinging from our own tree, some cedar, some maple and on and on. Oh, yeah, what shall the rope be made of? Hemp, nylon, silk? How far off the ground? This is how I see it today, everyone has their own opinion, even if they have to invent some minutia to support it.
I agree. likwid, we just can't seem to sing from the same page. We've been divided and conquered by our own government.

[Slipknot]

It should not cost fishermen a dime to register, if they want our names and some info, then we should be able to do it online and that should be the end of that.
just more nonsense beauracratic crappola

[OLD GOAT]

Only a dream. I had a dream the other night of guys that had spoke at all the different sportsmen clubs in hope of changing bass size for keepers, bass numbers16",24",36",30" and finally 28". This happened by concerned fishermen. Sport and commercial alike. Fishermen that paid folks to take reps for a ride while voting went on in a state house, nailed in an elevator. This all took place in my dream while the feds slept without helping and now the feds want a piece of the money pie after sportsmen have done the work. boy o boy what a dream.

[wheresmy50]

Originally Posted by Backbeach Jake

And there lies our problem, we'd all rather hang separately than together. Each swinging from our own tree, some cedar, some maple and on and on. Oh, yeah, what shall the rope be made of? Hemp, nylon, silk? How far off the ground? This is how I see it today, everyone has their own opinion, even if they have to invent some minutia to support it.
I agree. likwid, we just can't seem to sing from the same page. We've been divided and conquered by our own government.

We've been divided and conquored as outdoorsmen, that's the problem. I fish, but don't spear fish; I bowhunt, but don't use a gun, I hunt with a bolt-action rifle, not a semi; I fish from the rocks, not the beach, etc., etc., etc.

Well, we've made our bed, now we have to sleep in it. Is it more important to get some relaxation or to stand shoulder to shoulder with your brethern? We all know the answer.

98% of gun owners aren't in members of the NRA because half of them have guns that are rusting away in a gun case under the bed that have been forgoten and the other half think that the goverment is going to stop before "their" guns are made illegal.

Any goverment action against any of us should cause immediate action from all of us. But . . . we're all too comfortable for that. There's too much to lose.

[likwid]

Originally Posted by wheresmy50

We've been divided and conquored as outdoorsmen, that's the problem. I fish, but don't spear fish; I bowhunt, but don't use a gun, I hunt with a bolt-action rifle, not a semi; I fish from the rocks, not the beach, etc., etc., etc.

Partially, you've separated yourself from EVERYONE outdoors.
Not just hunters, not just other fishing groups, but everyone who spends time in the woods, or the beach, on a river, or anywhere that isn't a concrete jungle.

Everyone is out there to enjoy themselves one way or another and if there's one thing we can agree on, its how terribly we all are being "managed".