The bygone days of bottom fishing..

[marine4003]

Wow, love it that NC/SC wont be affected, but if i lived north or south of there...i'd be a tad pissed..
All Bottom Fishing to be Curtailed
Friday May 28, 2010
As if the end of red snapper fishing along the southeast US coast were not enough, the SAFMC is going to vote in early June on their Amendment 17A to their fishing rules. This additional ruling will halt all bottom fishing in water from 98 feet deep to 240 feet deep off the Atlantic coast from about Melbourne, Florida to the Georgia-South Carolina line. Their logic is that someone might catch a red snapper in those waters, so to prevent that from happening, they just close it to all bottom fishing.

There is more. Spearfishing, including commercial spearfishing will be allowed in those same waters. So while commercial divers with power heads and explosive projectiles vacuum the bottom, unfettered by hook and line fishermen, we all just sit and watch.

Want even more? The North and South Carolina coast lines are not affected by this ruling. Hook and line bottom fishing will not be stopped there. And spearfishing with powerheads will not be permitted. So, the recreational angler fishing the coast of the Carolinas will have the fish all to themselves! You may find it interesting that the headquarters for the SAFMC is in Charleston, SC and most of the employees are from South Carolina as well. Coincidence???

As I said in the past, the environmental anti-fishing crowd are quietly cheering this event. Any of you who ever thought that they could never take away our fishing rights had better come to grips with the fact that they can and they will. Under the pretext of protecting the fish stock, they are slowly but surely eliminating fishing.

[Captain Michael Buffington]

protecting terrorist and destroying the constitution. makes you wish for a revolution because that is the only thing that will stop it.

Mike