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Originally Posted by CreekWalker
If you are going to try to beat up the gub'ment know that they are restricting boats not bank fisherman.
I believe that agelsssone said "illegal fisherman" not "illegal immigrants". Not to speak for him but perhaps he was referring to illegal activities such as exceeding bag limits via cast nets (among other tactics, presumably).
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Many times those two terms are synonymous so I may have gotten ahead of myself due to what I personally have witnessed over the years but we won't go there...
As far as only restricting boaters, that makes their argument of our "safety" even more ridiculous. Are bank fishermen not at risk if they act foolishly during generation? Sure they are. You can't pass laws to eliminate stupid. They even said in the article Roy posted that since 2009 there have been 3 deaths, 1 serious injury, and 10 near misses. While each event is tragic and I hate to hear someone died or was injured, those numbers aren't that staggering. It's not like someone was dying every week from fishing below a dam. Those numbers are not even remotely serious enough to justify a measure like this.