You folks are on the right track but the real deal is that the commercial fishing industry has LOBBYISTS.....and politicians get MILLIONS of dollars from commercial fishing PACs....Sports fishermen have not had lobbyists and have not had PACs.....That means we LOSE.

Good News: Now there is a sportsfishing PAC in Washington atleast and there is a movement afoot to raise the money needed for a fuoll time sports fishing lobbyist. AND..there is finally a group of folks working to support the politicians who support us. I suspect if we had that kind of effort supported by the hundreds of thousands of sports fishers 20 years ago we would not be in the backseat like we are today.

So next time you see something lopsided like this post think about donating a couple of bucks to the PAC and maybe one of these days we will have the clout to reverse things.