11-12-2005, 01:47 AM
HFT and Paul,
I was the stirrer last time... And now this time as well. As stated above, there have been BFT'ers that have expressed their joy at the introduction of unwanted species to certain lakes. This is unquestionably one of the biggest problems facing our precious fisheries. Some may view the introduced species,ie: walleye, perch, pike etc as trash fish, and others may view them as the preferred species. One mans trash is another mans treasure... How should we view the people that are not dissapointed about an illegal introduction?
Should they be banned from the site? Put on probation? Arrested? Everyone is entitled to their opinion. If their opinion and post is based on a principle or law, and not on an individual, it should be allowed. I am disturbed that someone took it upon themselves to dump perch into Jordanelle. Am I glad they were illegally stocked?
Absolutely not!! Am I happy when me or my kids catch them? You bet!! Other people feel the same way, always have, always will... Its like politics, if you are liberal, you are stupid and if you are conservative you are stupid. Everyone has their own belief system, we will never ever totally agree with everyone else. So what do we do about it? We associate with people that are like us. Elitists have their site, we have ours and so on...BFT will be the "Hawkeye" to other forums "Charles Winchester the III's" . We are fighting the same war, but while some of us complain about everything thats not right in the world, and try to change things that will never change, the rest of us try to make the best of it, and find positives among the negatives. Is the glass half empty or half full? I think its half full, always have always will. But I still hate the bucket biologists...
Slayerace
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I was the stirrer last time... And now this time as well. As stated above, there have been BFT'ers that have expressed their joy at the introduction of unwanted species to certain lakes. This is unquestionably one of the biggest problems facing our precious fisheries. Some may view the introduced species,ie: walleye, perch, pike etc as trash fish, and others may view them as the preferred species. One mans trash is another mans treasure... How should we view the people that are not dissapointed about an illegal introduction?
Should they be banned from the site? Put on probation? Arrested? Everyone is entitled to their opinion. If their opinion and post is based on a principle or law, and not on an individual, it should be allowed. I am disturbed that someone took it upon themselves to dump perch into Jordanelle. Am I glad they were illegally stocked?
Absolutely not!! Am I happy when me or my kids catch them? You bet!! Other people feel the same way, always have, always will... Its like politics, if you are liberal, you are stupid and if you are conservative you are stupid. Everyone has their own belief system, we will never ever totally agree with everyone else. So what do we do about it? We associate with people that are like us. Elitists have their site, we have ours and so on...BFT will be the "Hawkeye" to other forums "Charles Winchester the III's" . We are fighting the same war, but while some of us complain about everything thats not right in the world, and try to change things that will never change, the rest of us try to make the best of it, and find positives among the negatives. Is the glass half empty or half full? I think its half full, always have always will. But I still hate the bucket biologists...
Slayerace
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