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Fishermen Fined For Overfishing In Lake Erie
News 5 Cincinnati ^
| 6/11/10
| Cincinnati News
Posted on 06/11/2010 5:38:27 AM PDT by Howard Morrison
SANDUSKY, Ohio -- Six fishermen from Tennessee and Georgia will have to pay a high price for violating Ohio fishing regulations.
The men were fined $16,000 and had to forfeit three bass boats, trailers and two freezers full of fish for overfishing in Lake Erie.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: environment; fishing; laws; news
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Tell me there's not a war of fishing!
To: Howard Morrison
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posted on
06/11/2010 5:39:27 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
06/11/2010 5:41:16 AM PDT
by
Howard Morrison
(Response to Ann Uchtman)
To: Howard Morrison
Looks like three Game ‘n Fish bureaucrats needed new bass boats.
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posted on
06/11/2010 5:41:24 AM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(Eat more spinach! Make Green Jobs for America!)
To: Howard Morrison
Maybe, or maybe they really were overfishing. From the article:
“Ohio law only allows fisherman to catch five bass fish per day. The men had caught 146”
To: Howard Morrison
Glad they were caught. 146 bass is a lot of poaching going on.
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posted on
06/11/2010 5:42:08 AM PDT
by
MBB1984
To: Howard Morrison
I assume they were not commercial fishermen? I am a sport fisher and believe there is a limit even if I am catching quite a bit... especially in fresh water. Not because the government says so, but as a courtesy to fellow anglers. Salt water is a different story...
To: The Free Engineer
I could see catching 146 perch. But bass?
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posted on
06/11/2010 5:43:34 AM PDT
by
Hoodat
(.For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
To: Howard Morrison
Ohio law only allows fisherman to catch five bass fish per day. The men had caught 146.
Five seems pretty low to me but that appears to be the law. They would have been better off fishing any of the inland lakes here in michigan.
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posted on
06/11/2010 5:43:35 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: Howard Morrison
Boys Walleyes are the fish to catch. Best tasting fresh water fish around! But nobody should have 146 in the freezer.
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posted on
06/11/2010 5:44:51 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(So how is that Hopey Changey thingy working out for ya America?)
To: Howard Morrison
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posted on
06/11/2010 5:45:57 AM PDT
by
muddler
(Obama is either incompetent or malicious, and it makes little difference which.)
To: Howard Morrison
Too bad they didn’t want some of the carp - the shores of Lake Erie are swarming with them. You can walk in and scoop ‘em up by hand.
To: McGruff
I prefer bass that are just over the legal size for eating.
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posted on
06/11/2010 5:47:35 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: Howard Morrison
They just needed to paint “RESEARCH” on the side of the boats and everything would have been OK.
To: Howard Morrison
How do you say “you ain’t from around here, are you?” in yankee?
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posted on
06/11/2010 5:48:18 AM PDT
by
meyer
(Big government is the enemy of freedom.)
To: Howard Morrison
“One of the fined man, Charles Burkhart, told the Chattanooga Times Free Press he and his buddies thought the limit was only five fish per trip onto the water.”
Oh please. What planet do they usually fish on that has limit laws like that? Is there anyplace that makes their law “per trip onto the water?!”
To: Howard Morrison
Who the hell would eat fish from that lake anyway? Isn’t it pretty filthy?
To: meyer
“Say good bye to your bass boat, bud.”
To: mikelets456; Roccus
Salt water is a different story...Not really. Striped bass had been overfished. There's a lot of pressure on the stocks, even from rod & reel sportfishermen. That's why there is a daily limit of 2 per person and a minimum (typical) size of 2. Rules vary by state, though.
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posted on
06/11/2010 5:52:00 AM PDT
by
Travis T. OJustice
(I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
To: Howard Morrison
There is a penalty for the taking of the king’s deer...
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posted on
06/11/2010 5:52:08 AM PDT
by
Crim
(The Obama Doctrine : A doctrine based on complete ignorance,applied with extreme incompitence..)
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