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Harry:

Not being a fisherman, I cannot discuss how they treat fishermen. My
bad experiences with them were over other aspects of boating and were
not only unprofessional of them but genuinely life threatening.
As far as joining a militia, nah, I dont even own a gun, ok, I own an
old 22 that I have not fired in years. Militia types strike me as nut
cases and I do believe there is a need for the laws we are discussing.
I am simply arguing for sensible enforcement, not enforcement for the
sake of enforcement.
I apologize to NYOB, I over reacted.

Apology accepted.

When I used to come to visit my wife's grandparents down here, I was
insulted by the comments her grandfather always made about "snowbirds".
After only 6 short years of living here, I'm making the same comments...so I
can empathize with your displeasure with how things have changed. I can
only imagine what I'd be like if I lived here my entire life.

Regardless, it irks me to no end every time I see a "snowbird" come down
here, catch a fish that is undersized and out of season, and throw it in his
cooler. If you tell the guy that he's breaking the law, he swears at you.

Without knowing where you are from, I automatically lumped you into the same
group. But now that you know the regulations for redfish, I would hope that
you'd never sneak an undersized one of the dock...even if it were already
dead from being "deep-hooked". And I would hope that you'd throw that fish
back not out of fear of the marine patrol, but because "it's the right thing
to do".