>Personally, I fully support preservation/conservation of native
>species and at a larger scale biodiversity. Much of what everybody
>complains about is soundly based in science and motives; bass
>fishermen just perceive anything that threatens their hobby as a
>threat,and in most instances their perceptions are completely wrong.
>Whats tha saying, you cant see the trees through the forest,or
>something like that.
>
>Many years ago I gave up talking about biological issues with
>the general public, its not worth it. I still throw in a
>brief opinion on-line from time to time, but avoid any
>in-depth discussions. It would take too long to really
>explain this stuff and Id rather be out fishing.

That's because it's mostly a black & white world at westernbass.com and barely-understood concepts in science are only accepted if it supports their narrow worldview.