Which bait fishermen are not like that? Kids, guys who fish for bass in lakes and a small amount who fish for trout in local streams.
I'll go out on a limb and say most, not all, are from what I've seen just in the past year. A few SMALL examples:
3 guys fined for using bait in a DHALO section of Quittie by a WCO and then bitch about the fine on a park bench afterwards. They also had their rods and licences taken by the WCO. Then while leavng the stream, tear down all the DHALO signs they see on their way out. They knew what the regulations were there. They bitched because they got caught. I went around and hung them all back up. Like tearing down the signs would change the regulations?!
Then they had the balls to come back the next day and fish the same place. Would not have belived it if I didn't see it myself. When they left their takle box by the stream and went down stream, I took all the powerbait and salmon egg jars out of their takle box and left.
The amout of worm conatiners, spinner packages, powerbait jars, bread wrappers, salmon egg containers, ect that I have picked up on DHALO and FFO sections of streams this past year was unbelivable. Bobbers and hooks hanging from trees in regulated areas. (shakes head in disgust)
No reguard for rules and regulations or the environment.
Does this look familiar?
or this?
We've all seen it. We know who's NOT doing it. Like I said not all of them are but a good portion do this crap. And it's the ones who know better who do it.
Yes, this is a fly-fishing forum. It is called pa
flyfish.com afterall