It is no secret that the majority of the folks here on the boards are against the practice for a variety of reasons. Florida residents were against it as well, and thanks to the mighty manatee they had the practice banned.

Why haven't we been able to get this on the ballot? Are there not enough eloquent anglers with a background in law that aren't invested in gillnetting financially to get a ballot measure written? Surely there is the money aspect, with the overwhelming funds in favor of the netters, but videos and pictures play mightily on the common (wo)man.

The other thing that would be handy would be a listing of the owners of the gillnetting boats, in hopes to show that it's now only being done for the purpose of tax writeoff.

This is a hotbutton for a lot of folks, so I hope that this discussion doesn't degrade too far. I just think that it's time to stop *****ing about it and start working towards changing the practice.