07-28-2014, 07:57 PM
Nope. Nope. I can only speak for myself here of course, but that's not it either.
I am not complaining about how they fish, or how sporting I perceive it to be. I haven't gone there at all. In fact, it's my personal opinion that how they fish (the traditional methods anyway) are pretty neat. Building stuff from scratch and all. In discussion, and at face value, sure it sounds a little unfair. But I have sat and watched them fish, and it's sporting enough for me. It seems to require practice, strength, skill, and determination.
Now others have commented about how they are trying to leverage both traditional ways, and current technology, to gain the maximum advantage possible. And although I agree with those statements wholeheartedly, I haven't wandered into that largely grey area.
What I (and others) are most offended by, is pretty black and white. Its total disregard for the rules, and a (if nothing else, inferred) disrespect for the resource and everybody else that they share it with. If the sign says you can't fish in this area, stay the hell out of there. And don't just go and stand on the boundary and cast up into the area anyway. And when someone lets you know that you are clearly violating established rules, don't act like they don't apply to you and take the offensive. And when your quota is 6,000 fish, keep track of how many you are harvesting, and stop when you get to 6,000.
If you really cared about the resource and the future use of it, you would quit before you got to 6,000, before you took a risk of going over it.
We complain about our harvest getting overestimated, and getting the fishery shut down before our harvest quota is actually reached, but in the grand scheme of things, I think we all know that it ultimately ensures us another day on the river, and that erring on the other side of the mark is what is REALLY unacceptable.
I use a variety of methods to get notches on my tag. So sure, go ahead and reap away. Just remember, you reap what you sow.
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I am not complaining about how they fish, or how sporting I perceive it to be. I haven't gone there at all. In fact, it's my personal opinion that how they fish (the traditional methods anyway) are pretty neat. Building stuff from scratch and all. In discussion, and at face value, sure it sounds a little unfair. But I have sat and watched them fish, and it's sporting enough for me. It seems to require practice, strength, skill, and determination.
Now others have commented about how they are trying to leverage both traditional ways, and current technology, to gain the maximum advantage possible. And although I agree with those statements wholeheartedly, I haven't wandered into that largely grey area.
What I (and others) are most offended by, is pretty black and white. Its total disregard for the rules, and a (if nothing else, inferred) disrespect for the resource and everybody else that they share it with. If the sign says you can't fish in this area, stay the hell out of there. And don't just go and stand on the boundary and cast up into the area anyway. And when someone lets you know that you are clearly violating established rules, don't act like they don't apply to you and take the offensive. And when your quota is 6,000 fish, keep track of how many you are harvesting, and stop when you get to 6,000.
If you really cared about the resource and the future use of it, you would quit before you got to 6,000, before you took a risk of going over it.
We complain about our harvest getting overestimated, and getting the fishery shut down before our harvest quota is actually reached, but in the grand scheme of things, I think we all know that it ultimately ensures us another day on the river, and that erring on the other side of the mark is what is REALLY unacceptable.
I use a variety of methods to get notches on my tag. So sure, go ahead and reap away. Just remember, you reap what you sow.
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