Dave,

My biggest problem with the CCA is not that they focus on harvest ( I think mistakenly)...it's that the story Gary tells to sell $25 memberships and banquet tickets (which is all the CCA has done in a year's time...sell things) is completely made up out of thin air to take advantage of uninformed fishermen...for money.

The fact that these uninformed fishermen, rather than get riled up at being taken advantage of instead stick their heads in the sand and defend it...maybe they don't want to admit that they've been had, or maybe they don't care that their leadership is purposely spreading false stories to gain some sort of "political clout"...but whatever it is, it does more harm than good.

That's what my problem with the CCA is...advocates out there working for fish and fishing have enough obstacles to overcome...overcoming the made up stories by our self-proclaimed "leaders" shouldn't be one of 'em, but now it is...and yet, they continue to defend it.

Sooner or later the banquets and membership fees have to turn in to something other than just more banquets and membership fees...it's been a year...and when it does, they are going to be really surprised when no one takes them seriously.

You have to have some modicum of integrity to even get a seat at the table, and that is sorely lacking in the CCA, and has been from day one.

You have to have a true story, with pesky things like facts, and a good legal argument doesn't hurt, either, if you think a "war chest" will get you anywhere in court...and so far, they don't have that, either.

4000 memberships is, at a minimum, $100,000...what have they done with it so far except print out more tickets and fliers for more banquets?

Fish on...

Todd