DWR Doin's

[dubob]

First, concerning DWR personnel spending more time on forum boards:

I don't like it. Just go and read some of the past threads on enforcement issues. What's the biggest complaint fishermen have about the DWR's lack of enforcement? Not enough personnel in the field! We constantly want our special waters watched more closely by the DWR. Now we're going to ask those same people we want in the field more, to spend more time on the internet chatting? I don't like it. If we, as a group of fishermen, want to hear from the DWR on specific topics, let's arrange for a meeting or presentation. Asking the DWR to waste time chit-chatting on fishing forums seems like a waste to me!

I disagree that a DWR presence is a waste of time here. Getting the general fishing public to understand how the system works is a product of educating the general fishing public through public forums such as this. And the people at DWR that would be involved in that education process will NOT be the same DWR people involved in law enforcement. So we really won't be asking the same people we want in the field more, to spend more time on the internet chatting? We are asking the biology and management folks to educate us. At least that's the way I see it.
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