MLPA Research Vessel/Patrol Boat

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by JoeBeck

That's a nice boat! also is the sad thing about this whole MLPA thing, now that they are taking the enviro friendly kayak fishing spots away many of us will get boats to enjoy doing what we love.

That's the shame of it: I think some would prefer us off the yaks and back on the sportboats paying money, or at the very least at the fuel dock pumping gas into our boats at inflated prices.

I fish skiffs and Kayaks anywhere from Avila to Ensanada and I'll tell you straight up that the only real impact the proposed IPA version of the MLPA will have to my fishing is with Kayaks.

Kayakers do not pay someone to take them out like on a sportboat, we don't pay slip fees, we do not pump hundreds of gallons of fuel into our vessels like the PB guys do each trip, even the spearos were better off because they at least have dive boats.

Ultimately it was all about money.

They reamed the kayakers even though we have the least damaging way of fishing, and the least impact to the environment, because when push came to shove, it was easier for politicians to give perks to those that had money at stake then just give access to the average guy who wanted to fish cheaply near home.

Jim