Bottom fishing to be limited at popular hole offshore Charleston
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20160311/PC16/160319858
How is this going to be enforced. DNR 50 miles out?
They will push VMS next. This is bad news, terrible precedent.
funny how they barely mentioned the two reefs that we paid for as tax payers to be made are also being closed! as much as i hate to admit it (:P) the old skinnee one was right on this time
they don’t need vms… they will push ais first imo… that will give them location,vessel name and they can track that from home… they will know when every boat is on the way home and what launch to frequent and exactly when to roll up… will also give them heading and speed which they can use with insurance claims ect ect…
its going to come to a point soon where the plotters are going to have areas greyed out where fishing is “illegal” and the sad part is every year the user is going to have to pay for the update lol…
its honestly getting to the point that owning a boat is going to be pointless to enjoy recreational fishing…
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its honestly getting to the point that owning a boat is going to be pointless to enjoy recreational fishing..
I’ve about reached that point myself 
Capt. Larry Teuton
Swamp Worshiper
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Originally posted by harrydHow is this going to be enforced. DNR 50 miles out?
Back in the early 2000s, when Striker Mike was still around to call in the yfts as they migrated up the stream, it was not uncommon to have the Coast Guard check your vessel at the GTH. And let me tell you, if you see a RIB headed your way, better clear out the Venezuelan Bubblers and reel in the ladder teasers, because th Coasties like to drive straight up your wake to board…
In the future, they will try to tack it onto Homeland Security! They will try to justify it by sayin it’s for National Security! Anyone want to bet? Let me be the 1st, to say it!
Drone to police massive marine reserve http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35783564
This seems more like it to me.
-Albemarle 248xf “Chella”
-Dolphin 18BC Pro
-Miscellaneous boats
“Praise the lord and pass the ammunition” -Howell Forgy
All of this is ultimately for “our safety” and will be a measure of “national security”. Thats what being patriots has gotten us. I am just sad more people don’t understand the depths of corruption and scum within our govt. Control through fear my friends…now go pay your taxes!!!
Is it time for the next revolution yet?
Systematically closing area after area will force fishing boats to congregate on fewer and fewer places and put overburdening pressure on those remaining places.
Then, all you have to do is apply Government logic and say "see…fishing grounds are being over-fished…all fishing needs to be stopped to save the fish from annihilation.
“I am constantly amazed at the stupidity of the general public.”
~my dad
Equipment:
190cc Sea Pro w/130 Johnson
1- 21 boy that won’t move out)
1 - 17 year old (fishing maniac)
1 - wife (The Warden)
ECFC
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Is it time for the next revolution yet?
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Should have happened already!
If it fly’s, floats, or, friggs, rent it!
DANG IF THEY NOT GONNA LET US CATCH ANY WHY DO WE NEED THEM.
See nothing changes! You put new faces on the council and they turned into douche bag politicians! So sick and tired of the take take take and never giving back any. More red snapper out there now than ever! We have not met the gag ACL, but do you think they give us an extra gag during our six-month season? They are going to continue to take until The EDF and PE W are happy. Go by the boat ramp during the week and look at how few boats are fishing offshore on a nice day .
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PROUD YANKEE
Oyster Baron
NMFS = No More Fishing Season
“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”
Notice when the SAFMC does biomass numbers (guesses) they do not include estimates (guesses) of all the fish within the thousands of square miles of MPA’s. Whats so sad is that as long as EDF and PEW are around with their high priced legal teams and lobby - we nor our children nor our grandchildren’s grand’s will have no access to that which we all own. I think it is in the plan to minimize the areas we can fish, let the fishing pressure increase until the catch numbers decrease, and then use those numbers to keep the MPA’s on lockdown.
Also, watch for the enviros to push for complete MPA’s No bottom - no troll
Its coming!
If they let us build mini reefs - they would be subject to becoming MPA’s upon the successes.