Hntnfsh,

You just catagorized a whole lot of good people as being lowlife hypocrites. You just made yourself look foolish!!! There may be a few that fit your hardcore negative outlook on life within this forum, but I am quite sure they are in the minority! I am against fishers keeping snagged fish. And as I said, I don't buy the excuse of financial hardship to justify it. Especially when you earn 35+K a year and have enough money for all the accumulated fishing expenses and internet expenses that could be used to put food on the table. Hear this dude - THAT IS NOT HYPOCRITICAL LOWLIFENESS to believe those CORRECT principles!!!!!!!!!!! Get a clue!

As for Dave, I have met him and overall he is not a bad guy. And I enjoy the wit in his posts. I just think he allowed the wrong rationale to invade his thinking and turn it into wrong justification in his mind. He is wrong and there is no getting around that. When the runs inevitably downturn the wrong 'keep snagged fish' rationale and action will still remain for those lawbreakers, and hurt our runs and sportfishermen's public image to the detriment of our potential fishing opportunitites! I hope he re-thinks his stance. And I hope you re-think your very improper condemnation of people who thought this thing out and expressed it correctly.

RT