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Originally Posted by Goooh
I have to disagree somewhat with blaming it on jealousy, there is some validity to their anecdotal approach if you take the circumstances and extrapolate what was then vs what is now. I'm talking about number of fisherman, number of guides, number of days booked spread across number of guides, and number of registered boat owners (all 30 years ago vs now).
Reduced coastal land mass and other environmental impacts coupled with more and more charter opportunities have undoubtedly negatively impacted our stocks. It's hard to base everything on such concrete scientific data when 30-40 years ago it probably didn't exist as it does today. Kinda like testing radiation in tuna and blaming the levels on the meltdown in japan when not much data existed before the tsunami (exaggeration for representation).
I fully agree on basing regulations on sound scientific data, but have a hard time believing that increased harvest and decreased stocks don't relate in a linear fashion when plotted over a 40 year graph - I'd bet it would make a nice X.
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What is the diffence for me catching my limit and cleaning it fishing with buddies or guiding ??
Please explain ?
Do you realize most guides started fishing more than before guiding ?
I fished more days YTD year before last not guiding than I have guiding
When I was not guiding I fished 6 out of 7 days just about every week now I only book 3-5 trips every week
So I'm keeping less fish right now this year to date than I did in 2011 not guiding