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Originally Posted by Geezle
We already have such a terrible ratio of lakes to fishermen/women now...if half the fishable lakes were closed to angling could you imagine the pressure on those that remained open?  |
My thoughts exactly when I read the post.
My 2 cents is get more CO's out there, which means we fishermen (or taxpayers) ante up. We ether pay more for the licenses or pay more tax - the cost is something the "government" won't re-allocate - they will just look to us for more money. I, for one, would be happy to pay a little to get a lot in return and protect our resource.
I'd say, at the same time, We must be ensuring the fines and penalties are high or strict enough to curb some of these criminals. Let's look at more jail time, public service etc... for certain cases.