Lets see pics of some members.....

You must be an awsome fisherman.

ya,thanks:) Would you belive i do it for a living commercially?

LOL, yeah I probly would. Ever fished up here in Maine? Big business here around the coasts, especially lobster. But the environmentalists are getting involved.

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this is me with my monster catch

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That is supper for me..lol My husband yells because I eat like a bird. Don't get me wrong I can put it away, It just happens to take me all day..lol
I've gotta find a pic, I guess when your the one who owns the cam, there is never really going to be a pic of you..lol

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Originally Posted by BallKingdom

Ever fished up here in Maine? Big business here around the coasts, especially lobster. But the environmentalists are getting involved.

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I fish off the west coast and its the same thing-too many people trying to regulate something they have never come down to the ocean to look at first hand-just sit in their office 1000 miles from the ocean and try to decide how to manage the fisheries.
Everyones first question for me is -"Oh,your a fisherman,hows that going?Do you ever catch anything?Or think im some juggernaught that catches and kills everything that comes near the boat.
Most of our fisheries are very well managed,and we actually had the best year ever as far as return # go for a few different fisheries-despite what they report on the news(happy news doesnt get ratings)
um,i could go on,but ,sorry im getting of topic. :oops:

I remember on the news there was this "hippie" looking envirnmentalist telling them about fish populations and what not. The fisherman got in his face and said something along the lines of "Do you have boat payments, do you fish for a living, ect" It was clear he'd never even gone on a fishing boat. It was awsome, no fights tho. Like when they banned it in Canada or whatnot.

ya seems the public view fishermen as crazy fish killers,but its in our best interest to make sure theres going to be lots for the next year.Personaly i think theres more damage done by sports fishing cause they dont have the resources to follow every single guy out there and make sure hes not keeping stuff he shouldnt be.The amount of stuff a commercial fleet catches seems like alot cause it happens all in a few days or weeks,but sports fishing as a whole takes alot(possibly more)just spreads it out over a longer time.
I know for some of the licences to even be able to fish its alot of money(1 my boss has is over 600,000)then theres the yearly fees-usually a few thousand,and equipment-again$$$,and the boat,crew,food and supplies-for when your gone for weeks or months at a time.....on and on..... so why would someone after spending all this money want to go and kill off all the fish so that they are stuck with a huge debt?I just dont get why people think someone would want to do that.

because they didn't think of it like that

ps damn "hippies!"

Hey, hey..........I feel affended.......They use to call me a hippie back in the day....Not all hippies were protester's and bad people. 8)