05-15-2013, 01:09 PM
Yes, but the people that do X are still doing X, Y, and Z.
Why punish the class because of the loudmouth in the back?
In a successful garden, you remove the weeds to maintain the plants you want to keep, right? You don't just throw your hands up and destroy the whole garden.
You say you don't like that argument. Why? It's apt.
Nobody is saying we should let everyone run around with a bucket full of live fish to do as we please with.
The argument is that it would be in line with the spirit of the law (and the protection of the resources) to allow people to use live bait fish, where they were caught, while they were at the water.
Just like crayfish. They must be dead before they are taken away from that body of water. How can responsible sportsmen who follow the regs possibly damage a fishery like that? They can't and won't.
We can already transport dead bait fish from one body to the next, so long as they aren't flagged for aquatic invasive species.
With the current crayfish regulations, people likely take home buckets of live 'dads to keep them fresh anyway. They're in violation, but obviously don't care. Those people exist and a change in regulations does nothing to dissuade them from doing what they do.
Responsible sportsmen will follow the regulations in place. If the regulation is written in a fashion that would keep law abiding people from transporting live fish from the water body, then those folks will adhere to it.
The people that wouldn't, still won't. Nothing will change, other than what the good guys can use as legal bait. Get it?
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Why punish the class because of the loudmouth in the back?
In a successful garden, you remove the weeds to maintain the plants you want to keep, right? You don't just throw your hands up and destroy the whole garden.
You say you don't like that argument. Why? It's apt.
Nobody is saying we should let everyone run around with a bucket full of live fish to do as we please with.
The argument is that it would be in line with the spirit of the law (and the protection of the resources) to allow people to use live bait fish, where they were caught, while they were at the water.
Just like crayfish. They must be dead before they are taken away from that body of water. How can responsible sportsmen who follow the regs possibly damage a fishery like that? They can't and won't.
We can already transport dead bait fish from one body to the next, so long as they aren't flagged for aquatic invasive species.
With the current crayfish regulations, people likely take home buckets of live 'dads to keep them fresh anyway. They're in violation, but obviously don't care. Those people exist and a change in regulations does nothing to dissuade them from doing what they do.
Responsible sportsmen will follow the regulations in place. If the regulation is written in a fashion that would keep law abiding people from transporting live fish from the water body, then those folks will adhere to it.
The people that wouldn't, still won't. Nothing will change, other than what the good guys can use as legal bait. Get it?
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