04-23-2003, 12:17 AM
Hi again lonehunter,
I only wish that all scientific reports relating to sportfishing's impact on a fishery be scanned by using the common sense factor. Honestly, some of the organizations must have a rock solid belief that nobody, who actually fishes, is really going to read these reports. I scanned enough bad reports to at least have an opinion.
It's as if an interest group paid a politician X amount to fund a study and recommending he he he you-know-whos buddies to do the study and get the results needed or additional greasing of the wheel.
PS: These reports are so long and involved that it is truley a hugh project to wade through all the ......... I don't have the patience. Guilty as Charged.
I like the idea of the slot harvesting. I C&R but I don't care what others do as long as it is ethical and legal. I'm pretty sure that these slots, done properly, vary by species, location, numbers of stock cycle and should be applied only to specific watersheds, lakes, rivers, etc.
JapanRon
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