On 27 Sep 2006 15:04:49 GMT, Scott Seidman
wrote:

"Bob Rickard" wrote in
om:

at the self-appointed "purists" who, while demeaning the users of live
bait,


I'm no purist, but I can tell you that it doesn't take many irresponsible
users of live bait to do some incredibly nasty bucket biology. Live bait
is the strongest suspect for the introduction of the Round Gobi to the
Great Lakes, for example. If you do use live bait, make sure you know the
rules.

Sitting in line waiting for the ferry across Lake Wisconsin at
Merrimac, WI I was too far away to stop a guy from dumping a minnow
bucket with what looked like at least a couple dozen minnows into the
water. I caught up with him as he walked back to his vehicle and
asked if he realized what he had just done was a bad practice. He
hemmed and hawed on about how it doesn't matter. I tried to explain
and he started to walk away. Another guy that was watched told him
you should be fined for doing what you just did. The guy scurried
away a little faster after that.

Most, well, a large number of people do not realize what they are
doing is wrong. Too many people do not read the regs when they buy
their fishing permit.