05-17-2016, 09:39 PM
[#0000FF]I applaud your head-on approach to this subject, from your own personal perspective. It has been a topic of discussion on these boards over the years.
As you so correctly point out, the violations and fish poaching are not isolated to any specific group or race. And the main reason the Asian contingent becomes the target of irate caucasian goobers is usually because serious Asian anglers are usually better fishermen...and they just plain catch more fish. Jealously is a bad motivator.
Like most on the board, I have witnessed a lot of heavy harvesting...and it is often among the Asian community. But I have friends and fishing buddies in this group and they have helped explain the reliance on fish protein in their diets. I have also been told of how in the "old countries" our new citizens had to be "subsistence" fishermen merely to survive. And some of that mentality is still present...especially among the older generations. Kinda like the old rednecks around us who still remember the depression days in our country and pinch every penny until it squeals.
I would like to think I have an open mind and that I am not bigoted...unlike some on the board. I do have friends from diverse groups and have enjoyed broadening my understandings of others. I will be the first to defend anyone...of any ethnicity or background...who is fishing legally and who keeps their legal limits. But I will also stomp on anyone I find violating regulations or trashing public property.
I heartily endorse keeping all the white bass you can catch from Utah Lake...as long as the fish are properly cared for and are not wasted. But I do get a bit bothered whenever I see ANYBODY flagrantly keeping over limits of crappies, walleyes or wipers...or even trout. Some of our resources need protection and should not be raped just because someone is able to catch over limits during a narrow window of time each year.
Yep. Some of the worst offenses I have seen have been perpetrated by good old "Utards". This is especially true of trashing.
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As you so correctly point out, the violations and fish poaching are not isolated to any specific group or race. And the main reason the Asian contingent becomes the target of irate caucasian goobers is usually because serious Asian anglers are usually better fishermen...and they just plain catch more fish. Jealously is a bad motivator.
Like most on the board, I have witnessed a lot of heavy harvesting...and it is often among the Asian community. But I have friends and fishing buddies in this group and they have helped explain the reliance on fish protein in their diets. I have also been told of how in the "old countries" our new citizens had to be "subsistence" fishermen merely to survive. And some of that mentality is still present...especially among the older generations. Kinda like the old rednecks around us who still remember the depression days in our country and pinch every penny until it squeals.
I would like to think I have an open mind and that I am not bigoted...unlike some on the board. I do have friends from diverse groups and have enjoyed broadening my understandings of others. I will be the first to defend anyone...of any ethnicity or background...who is fishing legally and who keeps their legal limits. But I will also stomp on anyone I find violating regulations or trashing public property.
I heartily endorse keeping all the white bass you can catch from Utah Lake...as long as the fish are properly cared for and are not wasted. But I do get a bit bothered whenever I see ANYBODY flagrantly keeping over limits of crappies, walleyes or wipers...or even trout. Some of our resources need protection and should not be raped just because someone is able to catch over limits during a narrow window of time each year.
Yep. Some of the worst offenses I have seen have been perpetrated by good old "Utards". This is especially true of trashing.
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