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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
" I can't see why a R&R guy has any more or less claim to a spot than a spearfisherman.
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That might hold if there was a law a R&R guy couldn't come within 100 yds of another R&R guy, but that is not the case. A R&R guy can anchor on a prime spot, but that is not going to stop other guys trolling or casting from fishing up to and past him. A diver sets up and you either go somewhere else or break the law. Big difference.
There are places along the Elizabeth's, such as the south side of Pasque, where if 2-3 divers set up (and they will since that is where the fish are) during the commercial season or the derby one helluva a lot of other fishermen are going to be shut out and pissed about it.
Truth is divers by law occupy a bigger footprint on the best spots than R&R fishermen, and that is unfair.
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