OK all big truth time. Nobody argues with the Doc man as much as I do, that said he is in the fight for the fish and for the sport fishery. From my perspective he struggles with his ideals of conservation vs the reality of harvest, we all do. So the Doc man does his best but he can not pack this bitch down the road by himself.

So everyone needs to get it. Conservation, good god yes but when a paper fish is present the fish WILL die on paper. SO IF YOU WANT A QUALITY SPORT FISHERY IT IS ABOUT MESSAGE. Sport first, screw the commercial. Pretty simple do not you thinlk? A walk to the river or a boat ride is just that if you kill every damn thing in the river below Sand Island. Francis is one of our best and brightest advocates but he will not move the system by himself. We need to be on message that the message of the only good fish is a dead fish is WRONG. The fish has value in the sportsman's pursuit of catching it. Frankly it is the most valuable part of harvest, the sportsman's hapless pursuit!

As a sideline, I am open to coaching as how to improve my miserable ability to pursue and catch the creature.