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Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman
To that end....After 3 years of fighting the system, this fall the state got approval to build a dedicated fishing pier in Oak Bluffs (next to the ferry dock). The town was initially against it but enough fishermen came out in force and pressured the decision makers to finally see the good in this. It has a budget up to a million bucks...just for fishermen. It will be open 24/7 and have handicap and children access areas and a bathroom nearby. This money came from the states existing fishing access budget. Oh...and after lots of discussion...it will be free.
The state of MA actually has a good number public fishing access points and is looking forward to expanding them 1 or 2 per year. More is definitely better.
This lic though does nothing to improving access. It goes to producing a list of names and phone numbers of fishermen that will then be disturbed during the dinner hour to ask how they did fishing. And to support the website (that already existed)
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I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that the fishing pier is being paid for by federal money from the excise taxes we pay on our fishing equipment.
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