06-10-2006, 04:43 AM
O.K. I'l jump back in on this. I have also been a pro Captain/mate since I was 14 years old. That was exactly 19 years ago. I hold a MUFV (6 pack license) and have since 1982. I've done this up and down the east coast to include Lake Erie and I've seen the damage done. I watched the Cod stocks deplete off the Grand Banks and no-one said boo. I watched the Red Snapper stocks go to almost nothing off the Gulf Coast in the late 80's and again no-one said boo. I watched the big Black Grouper stocks (Copper Bellies) almost die out completely on the Gulf Coast and again, no-one said boo.
Am I a biologist...no. My degree is in management. But as a consumer of a resource I know there is a limited amount. Without getting into serious economic theory the bottom line is; if you kill the resource, it stops being a resource. How freaking hard to understand is that?
There is maybe 1000 Macks over 30 pounds in the whole lake. If we each keep one, times the entire amount all of us fish, it won't be long until the fish are gone. See where I'm going with this. Basic math kids...work with me here.
I don't want to come off anti-tourament but do it on a put and take fishery like Willard, Echo or Rockport, ect.
I also don't want to elimante Mack fishing. It's fun, we get to catch big fish and have fun doing it. Do some die when we catch them...sure. But, they stand a much better chance released into the lake then they do on the cleaning station.
Again, just my 2 cents.
IFG
Am I a biologist...no. My degree is in management. But as a consumer of a resource I know there is a limited amount. Without getting into serious economic theory the bottom line is; if you kill the resource, it stops being a resource. How freaking hard to understand is that?
There is maybe 1000 Macks over 30 pounds in the whole lake. If we each keep one, times the entire amount all of us fish, it won't be long until the fish are gone. See where I'm going with this. Basic math kids...work with me here.
I don't want to come off anti-tourament but do it on a put and take fishery like Willard, Echo or Rockport, ect.
I also don't want to elimante Mack fishing. It's fun, we get to catch big fish and have fun doing it. Do some die when we catch them...sure. But, they stand a much better chance released into the lake then they do on the cleaning station.
Again, just my 2 cents.
IFG