Was watching a post on another site and a guy had caught a small yellowtail. He did not know what he had caught nor did he know if he could keep it. Didn't know the fish or regulations! So tired of people not making an effort to learn the identity of fish and the regulations for that fish. For 25 years this site has tried to educate anglers but I sometimes wonder how many people we've reached?
Does it never end?
- Thread starter Ken Jones
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Weekend anglers fishing for free of a pier visiting from somewhere that doesn't even have oceans aren't going to try to educate themselves.
There are others who this site has educated so now they know that they are not following regulations (but simply don't care).
Then there are the people who still fish years later and have internalized the principles that so many users on this site embody.
I started seriously fishing around 30, and found this site shortly after. I can say with complete honesty that even if you have not
made an impact on anyone else, you and your work has enriched my fishing experience very much for the better. Thank you.
There are others who this site has educated so now they know that they are not following regulations (but simply don't care).
Then there are the people who still fish years later and have internalized the principles that so many users on this site embody.
I started seriously fishing around 30, and found this site shortly after. I can say with complete honesty that even if you have not
made an impact on anyone else, you and your work has enriched my fishing experience very much for the better. Thank you.
Require fishing license on piers and as a part of it, a test on basic regulations, such as the fact there there are size and species limits. A guy was about to keep a tiny halibut and told me he thought the size limit didn't apply if it's caught from a pier. The no license thing makes people think it's a free for all.