Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Sitting here, wading through the 147 pages of the 2011/2012 Washington State Fishing Regs. Not much has changed, most of it is just a rehash from last year and the year before that. A few changes, but after digesting 147 pages I probably won't recognize them anyway. BUT, and there is always a but, just happened to read the web page for the WDFW and noticed a BAN ON LEAD WEIGHTS IN LAKES THAT HAVE LOONS PRESENT. Now I could tie a rock on my line and use that. I don't have an issue with the loons. I don't even have an issue with the lead. What I do have an issue with, is that first of all 147 pages? Give me a break. These people want to micromanage everything from a kids swimming pool to Puget Sound and beyond. I listened to a retired WSFW tell me that Cutthroat were native to the mountain lakes, Rainbows to the lowland lakes, and everything else was a illegal transplant. That may well be true, but guess what, they are here. If they could ever get their minds around the idea that since we have a mixed bag in the lakes, why not let nature deal with it. We know from THEIR experience of poison in a lake does not work. By their own admission, after a few years the situation is back to the original problem. Now they want to tell me that I have to take a boating safety class to operate the same boat that I have operated for thirty years. What a crock! Rant mode is still on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanish Bit Bobb Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Well...ya are gettin' a lil' older. a refresher course cood'nt hurt. ya saw whut happened ta Norman Thayer On Golden Pond". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted May 10, 2011 Author Share Posted May 10, 2011 I'll fix 'em. I just won't buy a license and get my fish at the FISH AND CHIP place. They got beer too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanish Bit Bobb Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 thas tha spirit! Didja hear 'bout them three gals from Warshington... Them three blondes are sitting by the side of a river holding fishing poles with the lines in the water. A Game Warden comes up behind them, taps them on the shoulder and says, "Excuse me, ladies, I'd like to see your fishing licenses." "We don't have any," replied the first blonde. "Well, if you're going to fish, you need fishing licenses," said the Game Warden. "But officer," replied the second blonde, "we aren't fishing. We all have magnets at the end of our lines and we're collecting debris off the bottom of the river." The Game Warden lifted up all the lines and, sure enough, there were horseshoe magnets tied on the end of each line. "Well, I know of no law against it," said the Game Warden. "Take all the debris you want." And with that, he left. As soon as the Game Warden was out of sight, the three blondes started laughing hysterically. "What a dumb Fish Cop," the second blonde said to the other two. "Doesn't he know that there are steelhead trout in this river?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty Morgan Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Kinda like the lead poisenin them condors gits??? Cuz we all now animals have that secret cravin fer lead??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted May 10, 2011 Author Share Posted May 10, 2011 I keep recalling the spotted owl thingy, that destroyed the logging industry and countless jobs. How is that working out for you? And then there was that incident that shut down irrigation in Oregon for fear of some obscure little fish that was "endangered". When do we get to the part where the idiots that come up with these ideas are endangered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty Morgan Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 We have some red eared salamander and the snowy plover to deal with, shuts down the beaches! Fer a critter that is not even native to the area??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashpowder Hal Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Thet jest means ........ ...... Badgers not da' only loon on thet lake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty Morgan Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 There's a thin line between fishin n standin on the bank lookin like a loon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONNIE BULLET, SASS 53118 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Ya sound like Lefty, Badger. Don't even get him started on this subject. But what I have never understood is the whole thing about lead vs steel shot when duck and goose hunting. A dead duck is a dead duck. We aren't having funerals for them at our house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanish Bit Bobb Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 There's a thin line between fishin n standin on the bank lookin like a loon! "Come here, Norman Charlie. Hurry up. The loons! The loons! They're welcoming us back." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty Morgan Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Don't feed em after dark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 But mr game warden, that ain't a lead sinker weight, it's a lead line cozy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 :lol: I I just knew that you guys would be a big help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Cherokee, SASS#48332 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Lakes with Loons? Does that mean a lake where a Rainbow Gathering is being held? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanish Bit Bobb Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 :lol: I I just knew that you guys would be a big help. Well...we are always here for you, thas tha way we Saloonatics roll! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 Stop it Bobb. I am getting seasick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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