Strikezone, RT is being offered up by STS as an expert able to factually write about fishing in a respected fishing magazine. Assuming he is paid for his articles, he is a professional writer. That elevates him above normal everyday guy at least when he is writing about fishing. He has an extraordinary responsibility to be level headed when he communicates to the general public within his expertise.

Even though he jokes around here alot, he is not a professional comedian and STS is generally not a comedy magazine. This ill-advised joke is just that, ill advised. He has admitted as much and apologized for it.

I would expect the next issue to have a few negative letters to the editor, along with a retraction and apology, as some guy reading the magazine in the Great Lakes area won’t necessarily know RT’s sense of humor as we do.

I personally like RT’s fishing articles in STS so far and look forward to them since he has been published there. Tough spot RT, I wish you the best.