Time to speak up on MLPA - every significant ocean access at risk - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Matt · 07-31-2009, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Billy V

I'm there 100% to the bitter end.
-Lets see who else will step up to the plate.

There sure has been a lot of people absent from the meetings that post on this message board, and fish La Jolla.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ALOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TO WORK AND HAVE ALOT GOING ON IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES AND CANNOT MAKE EVERY MEETING! AND DON'T BE SO QUICK TO BE DOWN ON THOSE THAT CAN'T MAKE IT, IT IS HARDLY A MOTIVATION!

That being said, if you feel you have done enough and cannot sacrifice anymore time, everyone understands...but if you can please,please, please come to as many meetings as you can!! Everyone realizes that these meetings are scheduled so that a great many blue collar fisherman cannot make them, this is a solid tactic and it is working, so if you have a sickday or vacation day that you can sacrifice we'd love it if you spent it with us all up in Carlsbad!! If you can't just think nice thoughts and share a bait with one of the guys you know who have made the effort and say "thanks!", we have your backs 100%!!!

If ya can make the meetings that's great we would love the support at all the meetings, but if you can only make a few but have still stood up and done watcha can every angler in So Cal thank's you for any effort you have put forward no matter how small or how big!!! I freely admit, I have missed the last few rounds due to work and other family commitments I even had to work on my birthday for 12 hours so I had to skip the workshop meetings.

And most everyone understands that "real life" issues such as family, job, kids, wives, dogs, un-understanding cats etc.... sometimes get in the way!

Please join us if you can on August 3rd and help us save La Jolla or any other launch spot that you love!! Let's put out a major effort to save our most precious fisheries!! Thanks to all who have donated time, money, or thoughts on how to save our fishing resources. Hope to see everyone that can make it at the August 3rd meeting in Carlsbad!!!!

NOW COME ON AND LET'S GET OVER 100 KAYAK FISHERMAN AT THIS MEETING...I AM STILL GONNA BUY 50 PINTS AT PIZZA PORT FOR THE FIRST 50 PEOPLE OF LEGAL DRINKING AGE.....(and no TMAN you don't get a credit beer for Clay)

Holy Mackerel · 07-31-2009, 06:47 AM

It has reached that time, where EVERYONE, unless you are having a heart transplant, needs to use sick, or vacation time. I have a trip to NORCAL in the fall, that will be greatly reduced in length of time, because I have been burning through my vacation time.

This is it, the final push! The enemy plays dirty, kicks sand in your face, are you gonna sit in your fox hole, and piss yourself, or fight back?

Paul is right, we will become bay fishermen, nothing wrong with that, but there is a reason why they La Jolla is the JEWEL.

The Anti-Fishing groups are rallying, they are going to be at the rest of these meetings speaking on ideology, and what sounds PC, despite facts, sustainability, and reason.

Remember, be polite, show up, make a statement. If you dont like to speak, cede time to another angler, and at least turn in a written statement. We need the numbers there!

tylerdurden · 07-31-2009, 07:04 AM

The end is in sight. Let's not quit now. All the good work we got done in Santa Ana got undone in the last week becuase we let up and quit becuase it wasn't convenient to show up. The only positive results we have seen have been from our massive turnout at a few key meetings. Since then people have gotten lazy and fed up with the process and we have lost momentum. We don't want all the good work we have done to be for nothing becuase we got frustrated with the process.

Since we are at the end each and every meeting is more and more final. If we don't show up now, everything may already be decided by the final meeting.

The only meetings left are two RSG sessions, and 2 BRTF meetings, and one SAT meeting. The closures go into effect in 2010

. By this time next year LJ, PV, Dana, Malibu may all be off limits, forever.

I feel betrayed by the people that make money off me fishing. I know some are working behind the scenes but I would feel better about spending my time and money on this if they showed up for public comment too. I just wish they would make their efforts more visible. I am talking about tackle shops, landings, sport boat captains, dive and kayak shops. We need everyone to show up.

Dpliska
They are not saying fishermen are destroying the kelp, but the only kelp that exists to them is the stuff that was there for 4 of the 7 non consecutive years they used for the survey. The whole science behind it is bs too. It would be great if people got up and said so.

07-31-2009, 07:04 AM	#3
tylerdurden Bad Clone Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 874	The end is in sight. Let's not quit now. All the good work we got done in Santa Ana got undone in the last week becuase we let up and quit becuase it wasn't convenient to show up. The only positive results we have seen have been from our massive turnout at a few key meetings. Since then people have gotten lazy and fed up with the process and we have lost momentum. We don't want all the good work we have done to be for nothing becuase we got frustrated with the process. Since we are at the end each and every meeting is more and more final. If we don't show up now, everything may already be decided by the final meeting. The only meetings left are two RSG sessions, and 2 BRTF meetings, and one SAT meeting. The closures go into effect in 2010 . By this time next year LJ, PV, Dana, Malibu may all be off limits, forever. I feel betrayed by the people that make money off me fishing. I know some are working behind the scenes but I would feel better about spending my time and money on this if they showed up for public comment too. I just wish they would make their efforts more visible. I am talking about tackle shops, landings, sport boat captains, dive and kayak shops. We need everyone to show up. Dpliska They are not saying fishermen are destroying the kelp, but the only kelp that exists to them is the stuff that was there for 4 of the 7 non consecutive years they used for the survey. The whole science behind it is bs too. It would be great if people got up and said so. __________________ MLPA, if you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem Let the Fish and Game Commission know what you think about the proposed maps. Be ready for December 9th and 10th.

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07-31-2009, 06:47 AM	#2
Holy Mackerel Señor member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 1,627	It has reached that time, where EVERYONE, unless you are having a heart transplant, needs to use sick, or vacation time. I have a trip to NORCAL in the fall, that will be greatly reduced in length of time, because I have been burning through my vacation time. This is it, the final push! The enemy plays dirty, kicks sand in your face, are you gonna sit in your fox hole, and piss yourself, or fight back? Paul is right, we will become bay fishermen, nothing wrong with that, but there is a reason why they La Jolla is the JEWEL. The Anti-Fishing groups are rallying, they are going to be at the rest of these meetings speaking on ideology, and what sounds PC, despite facts, sustainability, and reason. Remember, be polite, show up, make a statement. If you dont like to speak, cede time to another angler, and at least turn in a written statement. We need the numbers there!