NO MORE FISHING

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Tagger

Fishing registration was just to get our names .. Expect a knock on the door ,, fishing tackle collectors ..

They haven't come to collect anyone's guns yet, and they have had to be licensed for years.

[Crafty Angler]

Yeah, well they can take my fishing tackle when they pry it out of my cold, dead hands...

On a serious note - and at the risk of making a political statement in the wrong forum - we live in a plutocracy (rule by the wealthy) and serving corporate interests to accelerate that transfer of wealth is a large part of the system. That's what all three branches of government are paid to do (in one way or another) by lobbyists.

I voted for Obama and regret it, but it's not like we actually had a choice

The two parties are basically the same creature with two heads. The point is the same, the only difference is the delivery

Expect the largest contributors to their re-election funds to be the voices heard most clearly, regardless

[CaptMike]

for people who bitch a lot about poor fishing, fishermen sure do fight conservation efforts pretty hard. I'm wondering if there could ever be a conservation effort that a majority of fishermen would support?

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by CaptMike

for people who bitch a lot about poor fishing, fishermen sure do fight conservation efforts pretty hard. I'm wondering if there could ever be a conservation effort that a majority of fishermen would support?

limit rec anglers to one bass over 28", I dont think you'd get too many complaints to that.

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

limit rec anglers to one bass over 28", I dont think you'd get too many complaints to that.

1 over 36 would be better.

[MakoMike]

Originally Posted by CaptMike

for people who bitch a lot about poor fishing, fishermen sure do fight conservation efforts pretty hard. I'm wondering if there could ever be a conservation effort that a majority of fishermen would support?

This has nothing to do with "conservation" this has to do with your ability to fish, for any species.

[MakoMike]

Originally Posted by Mike P

They haven't come to collect anyone's guns yet, and they have had to be licensed for years.

I guess you don't live in NYC where they did Exactly that required "assault weapons" to be registered and then the banned them and had a list of everyone who owned one.