01-16-2013, 06:57 PM
Charina, It appears yours is one of the few voices of reason in this whole thread. It would be nice to have more conversations rather than debates on teh forum, but I learned long ago that those rarely happen. Of most use in this thread has been the factual information provided in the article quoted. While I agree that bucket biologists have been, and continue to be a source of frustration for anglers and DWR people alike, I still fail to see where I, can "put my foot down" and make any kind of a significant contribution to the elimination of buckert biologists.
It is not as if multiple anglers were sitting by watching in the 1960's when the perch were illegally introduced into Fish lake and did nothing (maybe they did, I dont' know). If I see someone practicing bucket biology, I will report them, but truthfully, I dont' think that is likely to happen. . . ever. I openly denounce the illegal practice of bucket biology. I will do what I can to prevent it, but I don't see refusing to report a good day of perch fishing with my family as solving the problem. My father-in-law was one of those fortunate people who enjoyed Fish lake in the 70's, God rest his soul. I think it is
that it is no longer possible (at present) to experience that. If there was an easy answer to remove the perch it would have been done. What can I do about it? If I fish for perch in FL, does that mean I condone the law breaking bucket biologists? No. It means I went fishing for perch.
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It is not as if multiple anglers were sitting by watching in the 1960's when the perch were illegally introduced into Fish lake and did nothing (maybe they did, I dont' know). If I see someone practicing bucket biology, I will report them, but truthfully, I dont' think that is likely to happen. . . ever. I openly denounce the illegal practice of bucket biology. I will do what I can to prevent it, but I don't see refusing to report a good day of perch fishing with my family as solving the problem. My father-in-law was one of those fortunate people who enjoyed Fish lake in the 70's, God rest his soul. I think it is
that it is no longer possible (at present) to experience that. If there was an easy answer to remove the perch it would have been done. What can I do about it? If I fish for perch in FL, does that mean I condone the law breaking bucket biologists? No. It means I went fishing for perch.[signature]