08-16-2011, 08:47 PM
I generally just look at posts rather than comment but I have been reading this on going arguement for a few days now and felt the need to pipe in.
First of all thank you tmas for posting the info for this topic. I received a packet from AK Sportsmans a while back and already sent in my memo for petition against this purposed plan. I can understand a possible need for limiting the amount of halibut taken from AK waters however I don't believe it is right to take from the sportsmen to give to the commercial industry. Your average fisherman already has to sacrafice plenty to the big boats with the nets as it is. River salmon fishing on a day that the commercial guys are locked and loaded at the inlet can teach anyone the lesson of what we give up for commercial fishing. I am not opposed to commercial fishing just don't particularly want to give up any more than we already have for them. Seems to me that the industry is getting very greedy.
Anyway, I fish in the Deep Creeks just out of Ninilchik most every year as far as halibut is concerned and I don't know how Doc Warners or some of the other charter outfits work but I do know that my guide is very particular and plays by the book. He is an amazing guide and makes sure everyone has a great time and a successful catch but he does it without interfering with the laws and their intentions. He is very strict about his log book and the 2 halibut per client per day rule. I feel that some of the things being said on this post are portraying a bad outlook on AK guides in general and I know from experience that what is being stated is not always the case, as a matter of fact most people that I have spoken to whether they be other guides, lodge owners, locals or out of state clients have all had the same report about the guides they have used so I think it is a shame that such reputations are being put on the AK charter businesses. The rules are so strict now to even obtain and maintain an AK halibut guide license that I can't imagine any guide would want to jeapordize their guiding privileges just to send a few extra lbs of fish home with clients they will most likely never see again.
I think one of the things that some people need to realize is when someone brings home 100 lbs of halibut that very well could be from a single fish therefore bringing home hundreds of lbs of fish really isn't that unlikely and surely doesn't mean someone cheated the system in order to be able to possess that much fish. I have been known to come home with 200 lbs of halibut and only caught 2 halibut the entire time I was up there so I don't think the amount of fish someone returns from AK with is a good judge to how it was caught and processed for possesion.
I hope I am not offending anyone with what I have said but I am against this new proposal and I am glad there are other fisherman such as yourselves that are willing to stand up and have a say for the greater good of the amazing sport and serenity of fishing.
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First of all thank you tmas for posting the info for this topic. I received a packet from AK Sportsmans a while back and already sent in my memo for petition against this purposed plan. I can understand a possible need for limiting the amount of halibut taken from AK waters however I don't believe it is right to take from the sportsmen to give to the commercial industry. Your average fisherman already has to sacrafice plenty to the big boats with the nets as it is. River salmon fishing on a day that the commercial guys are locked and loaded at the inlet can teach anyone the lesson of what we give up for commercial fishing. I am not opposed to commercial fishing just don't particularly want to give up any more than we already have for them. Seems to me that the industry is getting very greedy.
Anyway, I fish in the Deep Creeks just out of Ninilchik most every year as far as halibut is concerned and I don't know how Doc Warners or some of the other charter outfits work but I do know that my guide is very particular and plays by the book. He is an amazing guide and makes sure everyone has a great time and a successful catch but he does it without interfering with the laws and their intentions. He is very strict about his log book and the 2 halibut per client per day rule. I feel that some of the things being said on this post are portraying a bad outlook on AK guides in general and I know from experience that what is being stated is not always the case, as a matter of fact most people that I have spoken to whether they be other guides, lodge owners, locals or out of state clients have all had the same report about the guides they have used so I think it is a shame that such reputations are being put on the AK charter businesses. The rules are so strict now to even obtain and maintain an AK halibut guide license that I can't imagine any guide would want to jeapordize their guiding privileges just to send a few extra lbs of fish home with clients they will most likely never see again.
I think one of the things that some people need to realize is when someone brings home 100 lbs of halibut that very well could be from a single fish therefore bringing home hundreds of lbs of fish really isn't that unlikely and surely doesn't mean someone cheated the system in order to be able to possess that much fish. I have been known to come home with 200 lbs of halibut and only caught 2 halibut the entire time I was up there so I don't think the amount of fish someone returns from AK with is a good judge to how it was caught and processed for possesion.
I hope I am not offending anyone with what I have said but I am against this new proposal and I am glad there are other fisherman such as yourselves that are willing to stand up and have a say for the greater good of the amazing sport and serenity of fishing.
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