Venting My Frustration

[BIGSWELL]

Just last night, a good friend and fisherman was down at one of our local spots. Upon arrival, he immediately noticed large amounts af trash left by others fishing.

The pile of crap included line, cups, bait, latex gloves, and most disheartening was al arge amount of bass scales clearly from undersize fish.

My buddy then proceeded to spend the next 15 minutes cleaning up after the worthless slobs. Once the trash was cleaned up...fishing commenced. In a short time, another anonymous person arrived and began "fishing"

It only took a few minsfor this person to land a SMALL schoolie around 18 inches. This person proceeded to drop it in his bag and go on fishing....only after giving my bussy a nice thumbs-up!!!!! My buddy, being the do-gooder he is, had a word with the person.

The question was....."what are you doing with that fish?"
The answer he received was...."I dont know...I have to go" and ran up the rocks leaving more trash behind and taking the schoolie with him.

A call was placed to the Mass Environmental Police and the local Police as well to keep an eye out for such losers. Unfortuantely, this guy was not located. The local police have begun to take a closer look here and will be checking ALL cars, fisherman, etc. on a routine basis. This is a small town and they would love to nail people like this.

I now have all the important numbers programmed into my cell phone.......PLEASE DO THE SAME!!!

Years of conservation has allowed us to restore the dwindling stocks of bass and the laws are present to protect the species and ourselves. If you see anyone abusing this, please do the right thing.

My friend handled the situation quite well as I do not share the same temperment as he does. The situation would have become very hot if I was present.


Thanks for allowing me to vent!