WOW. How does one reply to that?? I know that we all know it is wrong to keep illegally hooked fish, and that yeah, if Dave were to cut out the fishing trips he would have a few more bucks to put food on the table. I am not going to condone the behavior; but how many of us remember the depression? The REAL depression? I have heard the stories from my Grandfather. NOTHING was sacred shy of putting food on the table. Was Dave in this position? No, not if he had a gov't job. But Uncle Sam is not known for overpaying. All I can say is that it takes big balls to put this on a BB where he knows darn well he is going to take some nukes, and they are well deserved. Dave, if you need some fish to feed you family, I'll empty my freezer out for ya: AFTER you tell me what your GS level is. I'm a gov't puke too, so let's let that go at that. You want to catch a few, shoot me an e-mail off line, like one of the guys said way up top, I have a boat, and I'll take you. You can take home all legal caught fish.