Status of Patrick's Bass Bill ???

[Sashamy]

he is an idiot...he has a personal agenda...he does not care about the welfare of the stock, he cares about the welfare of himself and a couple other flyrod buddies that can't catch a schoolie in August in Waquoit Bay, that was their original gripe...then they said it was not an anti-commercial fishing bill...guys this is laughable...line four of the bill was prohibit the sale and impoortation of striped bass into ma...I don't understand what their actually gripe is? It is not the Ma commercial fishery that is causing any kind of problem...look at NJ trophy fish program, why not go after that? Look at the commercial fishing in MD they use nets why not focus on that? No because Of people like Jowett who is from ME they focus on Ma...well you know what I caught all the bass I wanted last year in the Kennebunk River, maybe Jowett and his aged cronies should learn to fish there and keep their nose out of MA business...when there is a problem, there will be more restrictive measures taken, the sky is not falling right now so there is no need to be Chicken Little in this situation

[Doublerunner]

Originally Posted by Sashamy

he is an idiot...he has a personal agenda...he does not care about the welfare of the stock, he cares about the welfare of himself and a couple other flyrod buddies that can't catch a schoolie in August in Waquoit Bay, that was their original gripe...then they said it was not an anti-commercial fishing bill...guys this is laughable...line four of the bill was prohibit the sale and impoortation of striped bass into ma...I don't understand what their actually gripe is? It is not the Ma commercial fishery that is causing any kind of problem...look at NJ trophy fish program, why not go after that? Look at the commercial fishing in MD they use nets why not focus on that? No because Of people like Jowett who is from ME they focus on Ma...well you know what I caught all the bass I wanted last year in the Kennebunk River, maybe Jowett and his aged cronies should learn to fish there and keep their nose out of MA business...when there is a problem, there will be more restrictive measures taken, the sky is not falling right now so there is no need to be Chicken Little in this situation

Who has the agenda here??? Like all comm fishermen you will say anything to divert attention and paint the rosey picture of all is well because all you care about is the money. You do not care about the health of the stock and when they are gone you will move on to another species.

IMO the stock can be sustained for all with a reduction for all. Recs keep 1 per trip max. Comm's get 20 per trip max. slot limit hell yeah 28 - 34

Otherwise we just keep going along like nothing is wrong and when the comm's have no more left then they'll be complaining just like the rest of us that something needs to be done. We all share in it and we all need to be responsible and do our part. If we all cut back now then we can avoid major problems down the road

All those comm licenses that reported no catch should be gone. You don't report your catch or have no catch then you lose the license the following year