Poachers and scumbags are a problem, but they dont go by rules anyways. poachers and scumbags are not sportsfishermen.

I used to fish the skok and the Quil alot and 90% of the fish kept by people were snagged. more like 98.6% of the fish on the quil are snagged its just a hatchery meat factory. I now wish I took some pictures to share so people can see what a poacher fest these two hatchery fisheries have turned into. The native fish in both those rivers were toast long before the snag fest began. and more regs and closures arent going to stop the poachers that just gives them free reign i.e Tah... and Dew..... rivers. Theres so many people concentrated on these rivers thanks to closures elsewhere that It would be very hard to catch a fish the old fashion way. I am sorry but fish dont bite when there is 20 people standing right above them yanking away ripping the water and more and more people are turning to snagging to bring something home. Thats one of the problems I have with more rules, regs, and closures they concentrate people on certain fisheries and it turns into a snag fest.

I have found other places to fish that I will never list due to this fact. I prefer the challenge to get the fish to bite. for me There just isnt any gratifacation in snagging fish. I dont need to show the world that I catch fish. I fish for myself. I guess you could say I am selfish, but it beats the alternatives.

But even at that poachers cant compare to nets, and sportfishermen are still not the problem.