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MarcusTue Jan-19-10 06:33 PM
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#11595, "RE: A story about a creek"
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First of all I believe California is the worst state in the union when it comes to having a Fish and Game department that actually upholds their public trust responsibilities and actually *manage* fish and wildlife for abundance, and SERVE the sportsman. Look at the salmon and steelhead, look at the striped bass (the population is at all time lows despite the great surf season last summer), look anywhere. It's all sucking.

The bay and delta striper fishery just over the last 5 years has gotten dramatically worse and worse each year. Lots of newbies crow about how great their fishing day was (I caught 50 dinks, weeeeeeeee! And then I got a 20#er!! weeeeeeee!!) and dismiss the claims of a "crash" but they have no clue, they don't know what good fishing was available even last year, or the year before, or 5 years ago.

I have helped to raise over $100,000 over the last 7-8 years with the striped bass fly fishing community to help bay/delta conservation and striped bass issues, and it SICKENS me that most of the money has gone towards helping to maintain the status quo, defend against lawsuits, and generally fritter away our money as the sand slips between our fingers. We are doing very little positive things to advance the fishery, we're just trying to hold back and maintain what we already have (not much). Mainly defending direct attacks from the water mongers!!

We are in a state where corrupt, greedy, and well funded private interest controls not only what happens with the environment, but also leverages the wet behind the ears, fresh from Berkeley (Go Bears!) or Arcata environmentalists for their own personal gains - at a level comparable to the political manipulation Karl Rove has pulled off in his career of fixing elections.

The plight of the endangered delta smelt is a perfect example and the most recent money drain on our bay/delta/striper conservation fundraising efforts - a small fish that is struggling survive in a habitat that has been drastically changed by the CA water conveyance system, some fingers are pointed, then the water districts SUE the state over striped bass policy, claiming the smelt are victims of non-native "predator species"... what a joke!! But an expensive joke... so we raise money to help the stripers, and all we do is help the state defend lawsuits against water districts to keep stripers listed as a game fish!!

Largemouth will be the next target!!

Salmon, steelhead, smelt, stripers, etc... all existed for many decades at their all time highs, yet as water exports increased, and numbers of fished decreased in a perfect correlation to water exports (check it out www.calsport.org) ... and the few anglers that have their eyes open cried out, the water mongers go on the ATTACK!! And since 99.9% of anglers seem to do nothing, know nothing, and are generally apathetic to political concerns that directly affect them, the water mongers win. And even if they lose, they bleed the coffers of the angling conservation groups to make the next battle easier!

You green bass lovers better get organized and start building a big war chest, because there may soon be precedent for eradicating "predator species" for the benefit of the native specie of the day - the PhD candidate will have his dissertation, his colleagues will warm as they ponder their benevolence, and the water mongers will have cleared yet another mine for their advance to get ALL of the water. When there is nothing worthwhile to fish for, there won't be anyone to fight them!!

There is currently (that means, RIGHT NOW) a UC Davis study on predator species in the delta, and they are mainly looking at largemouth bass based on my first hand observations, in the delta, with their electroshock boat!!! Who is funding this? Who authorized this??? Any guesses what the data will be used for? Do you think DFG will use it to manage the largemouth population for angling opportunities and abundance??? hahahaahahaa

I confronted them on the water one day, made a wise crack about "Hope you don't use this data to eradicate predator species!", the response "Oh it would be tough to eradicate largemouth".... Hmmm....who said anything about largemouth!!??

We lost the war many many years ago, we're fighting over scraps, it's "Beyond Thunderdome" at this point. The "environmentalists" don't even know what it is they are trying to protect, they just know they need to stay busy!!

The whole native species vs. non-native species thing is a joke anyway, especially in California...maybe we need to eradicate non-native people??? It's really a biological argument the Fuhrer might make. Yeah there are invasive species, yeah things can get worse fast if you put tigers or lions in a public park, but let's get real... Largemouth and Stripers have been here in California longer than most of our families, and were thriving alongside salmon and steelhead. And smelt!

Pick up a British, French or Italian local fishing magazine... it'll show you the future of California. Fishing maggots under the rod tip for 3" minnows, magnficent carp profiles by name in directories, and expensive put and take private water for the nicest truck trout you've ever seen.

I've only released about 3% of my rant in this text box, but you have to stop somewhere. And still, I fish. What is wrong with me!!???

Marcus

  

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A story about a creek [View all] , swimbait, Sun Jan-17-10 09:42 PM
  RE: A story about a creek, MountainBass, Jan 18th 2010, #1
RE: A story about a creek, mteman, Jan 19th 2010, #2
      RE: A story about a creek, MountainBass, Jan 19th 2010, #3
           RE: A story about a creek, MountainBass, Jan 19th 2010, #4
                RE: A story about a creek, swimbait, Jan 19th 2010, #5
                     RE: A story about a creek, MountainBass, Jan 19th 2010, #6
                          RE: A story about a creek, swimbait, Jan 19th 2010, #7
                               RE: A story about a creek, Marcus, Jan 19th 2010 #8
                               RE: A story about a creek, MountainBass, Jan 19th 2010, #10
                               RE: A story about a creek, Nico, Jan 19th 2010, #11
                               RE: A story about a creek, Bassin, Jan 19th 2010, #9
                                    RE: A story about a creek, swimbait, Jan 19th 2010, #12

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