09-27-2003, 01:41 AM
YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN A FOLLOW UP POST ANOTHER SITE REMOVED WHERE MEMBERS RIPPED ON ME FOR BEING A SNAGGER BECAUSE OF MY ROD . IT WAS TITLED " SNAGGING IS SNAGGING "
I GAVE A PROFESSIONAL RESPONCE , HOOK TYPE USED , PRESINTATIONS USED , AND GAVE AN APPOLIGY FOR GETTING THEM UPSET FOR MY NOT BEING RICH ENOUGH TO FISH AS THERE IDEA OF A FISHERMAN SHOULD BE . THE POST STRING WAS REMOVED.
I THINK IT WAS DUE TO JELOUSEY , I HAVE A BIG FISH ROD AND THEY DON'T ! LOL !
I READ THERE RIVER WATCH POSTS WHERE MEMBERS DIDN'T SEE ONE LEAGELY COUGHT SALMON AT ALL , THEN WENT DOWN TO ANOTHER POST MADE BY A MEMBER SNAGGING SALMON AND TRESSPASSING . I GUESS EVERY GROUP HAS IT'S SHADY CARACTERS .
WHO'S WATCHING THE HEN HOUSE ?
WHERE THE PROTECTION OF THESE FISHES ARE NEEDED AND THIS GROUP STEPS IN IS AWSOME , BUT , I DO NOT SEE WHERE A GROUPS GUIDELINES SHOULD BE FORCED UPON FISHERMEN WHO ARE ABIDING THE CURRENT FISHING LAWS .
IT DOSEN'T MATTER WHAT THE GUY WARES , WHAT KIND OF ROD HE HAS , WHAT METHOD HE USES , AS LONG AS IT IS LEGAL !
I WOULD SUGEST THAT ANGLERS STUDY THE CURRENT FISHING REGULATIONS AND UNDERSTAND THEM .
ALSO , KNOW YOUR RIGHTS AS A FISHERMAN STUDY ACT 451 OF 1994 .
IT'S AVAILIBLE ON THE D.N.R. WEBSITE .
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