Hutch's column in the current WON BASS edition was a very good synopsis and editorial regarding AB1253, which could directly impact the striped bass fishery in the Delta in a short period of time, and longer term forbear other assaults on our "non-native species" such as the black bass. This potentially has far-reaching consequences for other bodies of water, so everyone should pay close attention and get involved to protect all our waterways!
Reprinted here with Hutch's permission, below is the From the Front Seat article.
Roger
Good Article on AB1253 in WON BASS - Great Info Hutch!
Good Article on AB1253 in WON BASS - Great Info Hutch!
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Re: Good Article on AB1253 in WON BASS - Great Info Hutch!
From the Front Seat – April 2009
Delta fishery under assault
With the massive State and Federal budget debacles making daily headlines, the perennial favorite of outdoorsman across California, Senator Diane Feinstein has decided to direct her attentions towards something much more pertinent to the economic future of this State and our Country – the Delta Smelt.
In a letter written to the heads of the California Department of Fish & Game, California Fish & Game Commission, and California Resources Agency on December 18th, 2008, Feinstein expresses concern for the Delta Smelt due to “predation by native fish by Striped Bass and other non-native speciesâ€
Delta fishery under assault
With the massive State and Federal budget debacles making daily headlines, the perennial favorite of outdoorsman across California, Senator Diane Feinstein has decided to direct her attentions towards something much more pertinent to the economic future of this State and our Country – the Delta Smelt.
In a letter written to the heads of the California Department of Fish & Game, California Fish & Game Commission, and California Resources Agency on December 18th, 2008, Feinstein expresses concern for the Delta Smelt due to “predation by native fish by Striped Bass and other non-native speciesâ€
Re: Good Article on AB1253 in WON BASS - Great Info Hutch!
Once again, Bill Hutchenson hits an issue right on the head with his usual big, blunt hammer. I especially love the line about walking snake fish with lazers! 
Good stuff. As Bill says though, this is not a funny matter at all. most of our state and national polititions are certifiable, and their knowledge of all issues related to the outdoors come directly from organizations like the Sierra Club and PETA. Add in huge amounts of money from the Packards, and their absolute distaste, (maybe hatred?), for the outdoorsman, and all the pieces exist for them to completely destroy the Delta. They WILL do it if they get the chance. Just check out the MLPA fiasco. Thank you Bill, for a solid opinion piece, and thank you Mr. Tuna for getting on for everyone to see. J
Good stuff. As Bill says though, this is not a funny matter at all. most of our state and national polititions are certifiable, and their knowledge of all issues related to the outdoors come directly from organizations like the Sierra Club and PETA. Add in huge amounts of money from the Packards, and their absolute distaste, (maybe hatred?), for the outdoorsman, and all the pieces exist for them to completely destroy the Delta. They WILL do it if they get the chance. Just check out the MLPA fiasco. Thank you Bill, for a solid opinion piece, and thank you Mr. Tuna for getting on for everyone to see. J-
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Re: Good Article on AB1253 in WON BASS - Great Info Hutch!
Thanks Guys.
This is a deadly serious issue that all anglers should pay attention to. The lefties have used this same "divide and conquer" tactic with firearms and labeling the striped bass as the problem comes straight out of their playbook. We see the enviro-"mental"-ists doing this everyday. Here are a few examples.....
Seals vs. salmon
Cormorants vs. any type of fish
trout stockings vs. mud snails
What these idoit environmentalists do not know is that everything has a time and place under the sun. Species have evolved and gone extinct since the beginning of time. It is simply nature taking its course. I guess is may come as a shock to these lefties, but humans too will someday become extinct - either by nature or thier own hand.
O.K. the doctor said I wasn't supposed to get my blood pressure over 250 before 9 in the morning. Please take this legislation seriously though and take the steps to write the committee prior to this meeting.
Hutch
WON BASS
This is a deadly serious issue that all anglers should pay attention to. The lefties have used this same "divide and conquer" tactic with firearms and labeling the striped bass as the problem comes straight out of their playbook. We see the enviro-"mental"-ists doing this everyday. Here are a few examples.....
Seals vs. salmon
Cormorants vs. any type of fish
trout stockings vs. mud snails
What these idoit environmentalists do not know is that everything has a time and place under the sun. Species have evolved and gone extinct since the beginning of time. It is simply nature taking its course. I guess is may come as a shock to these lefties, but humans too will someday become extinct - either by nature or thier own hand.
O.K. the doctor said I wasn't supposed to get my blood pressure over 250 before 9 in the morning. Please take this legislation seriously though and take the steps to write the committee prior to this meeting.
Hutch
WON BASS
Make it idiot proof and someone will invent a better idiot
Re: Good Article on AB1253 in WON BASS - Great Info Hutch!
So is there intent to do away with size a bag limit's on Striper's that it will eventually get rid of all of them or hurt the popualtion enough to attain there goal.
I dont see that happening. Some people in private boat's up there might take advantage of it but there is no way all those potluck boat's up in San Francisco and Berkeley are going to take 20 people out and let them bring back 20 fish each.
Just think we pay these people very good six figure incomes and this is the kind of crap they come up with.
I do get e-mail's every now and then from Sam Farr regarding the Salmon problem. He does seem concerned I am going to e-mail him couldnt hurt.
I dont see that happening. Some people in private boat's up there might take advantage of it but there is no way all those potluck boat's up in San Francisco and Berkeley are going to take 20 people out and let them bring back 20 fish each.
Just think we pay these people very good six figure incomes and this is the kind of crap they come up with.
I do get e-mail's every now and then from Sam Farr regarding the Salmon problem. He does seem concerned I am going to e-mail him couldnt hurt.
Re: Good Article on AB1253 in WON BASS - Great Info Hutch!
Well written article, clear and to the point and would think this board would be lite up with replies. There is more debate over the Palomar knot.
I'm not a supporter of the striped bass being introduced into trophy bass lakes via the aquaduct system. It is obvious that fishing pressure alone will not impact the striped bass population in the Delta, striper fishing pressure has little affect on a small reservoir like Castaic.
The impact of AB1253 will be a stepping stone to eliminating all sport fishing, based on non native fish impacting native fish populations. The striped bass is just a pawn or vehicle to get the ball rolling. Sports fishermen are a dwindling population, especially in California. The general population loves the outdoors, as long as it's there for their use and that may not include bass fishermen in the future.
Tom
I'm not a supporter of the striped bass being introduced into trophy bass lakes via the aquaduct system. It is obvious that fishing pressure alone will not impact the striped bass population in the Delta, striper fishing pressure has little affect on a small reservoir like Castaic.
The impact of AB1253 will be a stepping stone to eliminating all sport fishing, based on non native fish impacting native fish populations. The striped bass is just a pawn or vehicle to get the ball rolling. Sports fishermen are a dwindling population, especially in California. The general population loves the outdoors, as long as it's there for their use and that may not include bass fishermen in the future.
Tom
Re: Good Article on AB1253 in WON BASS - Great Info Hutch!
Is it just me or are most of us from families that are non native to this great country.
Re: Good Article on AB1253 in WON BASS - Great Info Hutch!
Finally someone see this for what it is!Oldschool wrote:Well written article, clear and to the point and would think this board would be lite up with replies. There is more debate over the Palomar knot.
I'm not a supporter of the striped bass being introduced into trophy bass lakes via the aquaduct system. It is obvious that fishing pressure alone will not impact the striped bass population in the Delta, striper fishing pressure has little affect on a small reservoir like Castaic.
The impact of AB1253 will be a stepping stone to eliminating all sport fishing, based on non native fish impacting native fish populations. The striped bass is just a pawn or vehicle to get the ball rolling. Sports fishermen are a dwindling population, especially in California. The general population loves the outdoors, as long as it's there for their use and that may not include bass fishermen in the future.
Tom
It's really to bad more of us don't see through this Bulls%#t as there really is an agenda here that is pitting sportsman against farmers and in the end both groups will lose, big time! The tea & crumpet environmental wacko groups will walk away smiling and we'll lose some more of our freedom.
Very good analyses Oldschool.
Hardshell
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Re: Good Article on AB1253 in WON BASS - Great Info Hutch!
light the torches and sharpen the pitchforks..
Create your own luck.
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Re: Good Article on AB1253 in WON BASS - Great Info Hutch!
This kind of crap is what the politicians thrive on. When election time comes, voter turnout is usually less than 50%, and the politicians know that only a small percentage of that 50% are people like us...citizens that can see thru it. So they are free to do whatever is next on their list...this time it is the issue described above. Its too bad the average citizen that sits at home on the couch cant see the big picture. They say"I dont fish so who cares what they do to the fishery."
This bill is another reason why I have already looked at property in another state. When the time comes, the state of California and all its corrupt, self serving, mercenary officials can take their agendas and do-gooder sharade and stick it..
PS Bill, the link is broken..
This bill is another reason why I have already looked at property in another state. When the time comes, the state of California and all its corrupt, self serving, mercenary officials can take their agendas and do-gooder sharade and stick it..
PS Bill, the link is broken..
"Feel the steel"
Re: Good Article on AB1253 in WON BASS - Great Info Hutch!
Here is the info from that broken link:
http://calsport.org/3-31-09a.htm
Sorry for the length of the post, but figured it's best to get all the info on here too. I know I am way too lazy and apathetic to worry about something I think does not affect me in any way. Probably a shared sentiment, but a dangerous one. I'll shut up now.
AB 1253 the bill to wipe out striped bass: Have you written your letter yet?
April 7, 2009 -- AB 1253, the bill introduced by Assembly woman Fuller (Bakersfield) to deregulate and remove all support for the striped bass is still on the agenda to be heard by the Assembly Water Parks and Wildlife Committee. CSPA has sponsored a letter writing campaign to kill the bill in committee and we understand our supporters are having an impact. However, this is no time to slack off. Each and every letter received by the committee is counted as pro or con and the totals are reported on the date of the hearing. We want to make sure that the pile of letters in the pile recommending the bill be killed overwhelms those in the pile recommending its passage.
You can track the bill on-line at the following site,
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
The bill will be heard by committee on April 28th.
The committee secretary states to be the most effective we should do the following:
Here are the NEW instructions to send your letters to the committee.
Send ONE letter to the Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee either snail mail or FAX.
The committee does NOT want e-mail!
The address of the committee is:
Assemblymember Jared Huffman, Chair
Assembly Committee on Water, Parks & Wildlife
1020 N Street, Suite 160
Sacramento, CA 94249
The fax number is:
916-319-2196
Your letters should be addressed:
Re: Opposition to AB 1253 (Fuller) - Striped Bass
Chairman Huffman and Members of the Committee:
Sample letters and letters to individual committee members
Two sample letters follow. You are encouraged to cut and paste as you see fit and add your own comments as well.
You are still encouraged to send snail mail or e-mail responses to individual assembly members IF YOU LIVE IN THEIR DISTRICT. The list of committee members, their addresses and districts follow the sample letters.
Sample letter #1
Dear Assembly member __________________,
As a California angler, voter and taxpayer, I strongly oppose passage of AB 1253, the bill to delist and remove support of the striped bass as a California game fish.. Please vote this bill down when it comes before you as a member of the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee.
Sincerely,
Your name
Address including zip code (important)
Sample letter #2
Dear Assembly member __________________,
As a California angler, voter and taxpayer, I strongly oppose AB 1253, the bill introduced by Assembly member Fuller, intending to delist and remove support of the striped bass as a California game fish.
The striped bass, a fish legally introduced to the State by the California Fish and Game Commission, established itself as one of the state's premier game fish and coexisted in harmony for over 130 years with the state's native fishes. Even in the 1930's when the striped bass population was believed to exceed 12 million adult fish and the species was fished commercially, the fish did not impact the state's salmon stocks or the health of the delta's fisheries including the delta smelt and the longfin smelt.
The striped bass fishery along with the chinook salmon, steelhead, delta smelt, longfin smelt, American Shad, green sturgeon, white sturgeon fisheries only began to decline with the operation of the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project in the late 1960's. As exports have increased, the populations of all of these fishes has crashed to all time historical lows with the delta smelt now on the endangered species list, the longfin smelt threatened, the chinook salmon run the lowest in history. The current striped bass popluations is also at historical lows.
The striped bass is a fish of legend and has been a part of California's angling heritage for 130 years. AB 1253, a bill sponsored by a number of water districts is an obvious attempt to transfer the blame of the decline of California's once great fisheries to one of the species that made the California Delta one of the greatest fisheries on earth instead of their insatiable demand for larger and larger amounts of delta water. They realize that if the delta's fisheries can be destroyed, it is one less reason to obstruct the draining of the delta for subsidized agribusiness farming.
Please vote this bill down when it comes before your committee. If passed, it will do nothing to restore California's once great fisheries and will cause the destruction of one of California's greatest game fish.
Sincerely,
Your name
Address including zip code (important)
Assembly Water Parks and Wildlife Committee
Chair
Jared Huffman (D)
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0006
Tel: (916) 319-2006
Fax: (916) 319-2106
Assemblymember.Huffman@assembly.ca.gov 6th Assembly District -- Marin headlands including Sausalito, Novato, Petaluma
Vice Chair (And AB 1253 Sponsor)
Jean Fuller (R)
State Capitol, Room 3098
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-319-2032,
916-319-2132 fax
Assemblymember.Fuller@assembly.ca.gov 32nd Assembly District --
Bakersfield, Frazier Park, Kern River Valley, Ridgecrest, Taft, Tehachapi
Members
Joel Anderson (R)
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 319-2077,
(916) 319-2177 fax
Assemblymember.Anderson@assembly.ca.gov 77th Assembly District -- Eastern San Diego area, part of the Imperial Valley
Juan Arambula (D)
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0031
(916) 319-2031
(916) 319-2131 Fax
Assemblymember.arambula@assembly.ca.gov 31st Assembly District -- Firebaugh, Mendota, San Joaquin, Fresno, Selma, Sanger, Reedley
Tom Berryhill (R)
State Capitol Room # 3141
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-319-2025
916-319-2125 fax
Assemblymember.Berryhill@assembly.ca.gov 25th Assembly District -- Calaveras, Tuolumne, Mono, Mariposa, and Madera counties, eastern portion of Stanislaus County
Bob Blumenfield (D)
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0040
Tel: (916) 319-2040
Fax: (916) 319-2140
Assemblymember.Blumenfield@assembly.ca.gov 40th Assembly District -- Canoga Park, Winnetka, Reseda, Northridge, Van Nuys
Anna M. Caballero (D)
State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849 Sacramento, CA 94249-0028 Tel: (916) 319-2028
Fax: (916) 319-2128
Assemblymember.Caballero@assembly.ca.gov 28th Assembly District -- Morgan Hill, Gilroy, Salinas, Watsonville, San Juan Batista, Soledad, San Lucas, Bradley
Nathan Fletcher (R)
State Capitol, Room 2111
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-319-2075, 916-319-2175 fax
Assemblymember.Fletcher@assembly.ca.gov 75th Assembly District -- San Diego area
Paul Krekorian (D) Assistant Majority Leader
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0043
Tel: (916) 319-2043
Fax: (916) 319-2143
Assemblymember.krekorian@assembly.ca.gov 43th Assembly District -- Glendale, Burbank, Montrose, North Hollywood
Bonnie Lowenthal (D)
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0054
Tel: (916) 319-2054
Fax: (916) 319-2154
Assemblymember.Lowenthal@assembly.ca.gov 54th Assembly District -- Long Beach
John A. Perez (D)
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0046
Tel: (916) 319-2046
Fax: (916) 319-2146
Assemblymember.John.Perez@assembly.ca.gov 46th Assembly District --
East Los Angeles
Florence-Graham
Huntington Park
Los Angeles
Maywood
Vernon
Mary Salas (D)
State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849 Sacramento, CA 94249-0079 Tel: (916) 319-2079
Fax: (916) 319-2179
Assemblymember.Salas@assembly.ca.gov 79th Assembly District -- National City, Chula Vista, Coronado, Imperial Beach
Mariko Yamada (D)
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0008
(916) 319-2008
(916) 319-2108 fax
Assemblymember.Yamada@assembly.ca.gov 8th Assembly District -- Benica, Vacaville, Fairfield, Dixon, Davis, West Sacramento, Rio Vista
http://calsport.org/3-31-09a.htm
Sorry for the length of the post, but figured it's best to get all the info on here too. I know I am way too lazy and apathetic to worry about something I think does not affect me in any way. Probably a shared sentiment, but a dangerous one. I'll shut up now.
AB 1253 the bill to wipe out striped bass: Have you written your letter yet?
April 7, 2009 -- AB 1253, the bill introduced by Assembly woman Fuller (Bakersfield) to deregulate and remove all support for the striped bass is still on the agenda to be heard by the Assembly Water Parks and Wildlife Committee. CSPA has sponsored a letter writing campaign to kill the bill in committee and we understand our supporters are having an impact. However, this is no time to slack off. Each and every letter received by the committee is counted as pro or con and the totals are reported on the date of the hearing. We want to make sure that the pile of letters in the pile recommending the bill be killed overwhelms those in the pile recommending its passage.
You can track the bill on-line at the following site,
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
The bill will be heard by committee on April 28th.
The committee secretary states to be the most effective we should do the following:
Here are the NEW instructions to send your letters to the committee.
Send ONE letter to the Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee either snail mail or FAX.
The committee does NOT want e-mail!
The address of the committee is:
Assemblymember Jared Huffman, Chair
Assembly Committee on Water, Parks & Wildlife
1020 N Street, Suite 160
Sacramento, CA 94249
The fax number is:
916-319-2196
Your letters should be addressed:
Re: Opposition to AB 1253 (Fuller) - Striped Bass
Chairman Huffman and Members of the Committee:
Sample letters and letters to individual committee members
Two sample letters follow. You are encouraged to cut and paste as you see fit and add your own comments as well.
You are still encouraged to send snail mail or e-mail responses to individual assembly members IF YOU LIVE IN THEIR DISTRICT. The list of committee members, their addresses and districts follow the sample letters.
Sample letter #1
Dear Assembly member __________________,
As a California angler, voter and taxpayer, I strongly oppose passage of AB 1253, the bill to delist and remove support of the striped bass as a California game fish.. Please vote this bill down when it comes before you as a member of the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee.
Sincerely,
Your name
Address including zip code (important)
Sample letter #2
Dear Assembly member __________________,
As a California angler, voter and taxpayer, I strongly oppose AB 1253, the bill introduced by Assembly member Fuller, intending to delist and remove support of the striped bass as a California game fish.
The striped bass, a fish legally introduced to the State by the California Fish and Game Commission, established itself as one of the state's premier game fish and coexisted in harmony for over 130 years with the state's native fishes. Even in the 1930's when the striped bass population was believed to exceed 12 million adult fish and the species was fished commercially, the fish did not impact the state's salmon stocks or the health of the delta's fisheries including the delta smelt and the longfin smelt.
The striped bass fishery along with the chinook salmon, steelhead, delta smelt, longfin smelt, American Shad, green sturgeon, white sturgeon fisheries only began to decline with the operation of the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project in the late 1960's. As exports have increased, the populations of all of these fishes has crashed to all time historical lows with the delta smelt now on the endangered species list, the longfin smelt threatened, the chinook salmon run the lowest in history. The current striped bass popluations is also at historical lows.
The striped bass is a fish of legend and has been a part of California's angling heritage for 130 years. AB 1253, a bill sponsored by a number of water districts is an obvious attempt to transfer the blame of the decline of California's once great fisheries to one of the species that made the California Delta one of the greatest fisheries on earth instead of their insatiable demand for larger and larger amounts of delta water. They realize that if the delta's fisheries can be destroyed, it is one less reason to obstruct the draining of the delta for subsidized agribusiness farming.
Please vote this bill down when it comes before your committee. If passed, it will do nothing to restore California's once great fisheries and will cause the destruction of one of California's greatest game fish.
Sincerely,
Your name
Address including zip code (important)
Assembly Water Parks and Wildlife Committee
Chair
Jared Huffman (D)
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0006
Tel: (916) 319-2006
Fax: (916) 319-2106
Assemblymember.Huffman@assembly.ca.gov 6th Assembly District -- Marin headlands including Sausalito, Novato, Petaluma
Vice Chair (And AB 1253 Sponsor)
Jean Fuller (R)
State Capitol, Room 3098
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-319-2032,
916-319-2132 fax
Assemblymember.Fuller@assembly.ca.gov 32nd Assembly District --
Bakersfield, Frazier Park, Kern River Valley, Ridgecrest, Taft, Tehachapi
Members
Joel Anderson (R)
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 319-2077,
(916) 319-2177 fax
Assemblymember.Anderson@assembly.ca.gov 77th Assembly District -- Eastern San Diego area, part of the Imperial Valley
Juan Arambula (D)
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0031
(916) 319-2031
(916) 319-2131 Fax
Assemblymember.arambula@assembly.ca.gov 31st Assembly District -- Firebaugh, Mendota, San Joaquin, Fresno, Selma, Sanger, Reedley
Tom Berryhill (R)
State Capitol Room # 3141
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-319-2025
916-319-2125 fax
Assemblymember.Berryhill@assembly.ca.gov 25th Assembly District -- Calaveras, Tuolumne, Mono, Mariposa, and Madera counties, eastern portion of Stanislaus County
Bob Blumenfield (D)
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0040
Tel: (916) 319-2040
Fax: (916) 319-2140
Assemblymember.Blumenfield@assembly.ca.gov 40th Assembly District -- Canoga Park, Winnetka, Reseda, Northridge, Van Nuys
Anna M. Caballero (D)
State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849 Sacramento, CA 94249-0028 Tel: (916) 319-2028
Fax: (916) 319-2128
Assemblymember.Caballero@assembly.ca.gov 28th Assembly District -- Morgan Hill, Gilroy, Salinas, Watsonville, San Juan Batista, Soledad, San Lucas, Bradley
Nathan Fletcher (R)
State Capitol, Room 2111
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-319-2075, 916-319-2175 fax
Assemblymember.Fletcher@assembly.ca.gov 75th Assembly District -- San Diego area
Paul Krekorian (D) Assistant Majority Leader
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0043
Tel: (916) 319-2043
Fax: (916) 319-2143
Assemblymember.krekorian@assembly.ca.gov 43th Assembly District -- Glendale, Burbank, Montrose, North Hollywood
Bonnie Lowenthal (D)
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0054
Tel: (916) 319-2054
Fax: (916) 319-2154
Assemblymember.Lowenthal@assembly.ca.gov 54th Assembly District -- Long Beach
John A. Perez (D)
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0046
Tel: (916) 319-2046
Fax: (916) 319-2146
Assemblymember.John.Perez@assembly.ca.gov 46th Assembly District --
East Los Angeles
Florence-Graham
Huntington Park
Los Angeles
Maywood
Vernon
Mary Salas (D)
State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849 Sacramento, CA 94249-0079 Tel: (916) 319-2079
Fax: (916) 319-2179
Assemblymember.Salas@assembly.ca.gov 79th Assembly District -- National City, Chula Vista, Coronado, Imperial Beach
Mariko Yamada (D)
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0008
(916) 319-2008
(916) 319-2108 fax
Assemblymember.Yamada@assembly.ca.gov 8th Assembly District -- Benica, Vacaville, Fairfield, Dixon, Davis, West Sacramento, Rio Vista
Re: Good Article on AB1253 in WON BASS - Great Info Hutch!
P.S. - Use spellcheck before sending those letters. And capitalize species (Sample letter #2).
If we are to be taken seriously as the knuckledragging proletariat...
If we are to be taken seriously as the knuckledragging proletariat...
Re: Good Article on AB1253 in WON BASS - Great Info Hutch!
I was thinking the same thing but then realized that I'd rather stay, fight the good fight, and fish. Why make it easy for them?This bill is another reason why I have already looked at property in another state. When the time comes, the state of California and all its corrupt, self serving, mercenary officials can take their agendas and do-gooder sharade and stick it..
We ALL need to get in their face and tell em to "SHOVE IT"! with a big
If anyone who hasn't sent in their letter's, make sure to make it a point to get r dun by the end of this week!
Good luck!
Glenn Abuelhaj
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Salmon, Striper, and WON
Hutch,
I truly appreciate the article and believe exactly as you have said, but now i am totally confused.
i'm slow at catching up on my bass magazine reading, so on my trip to China this week i grabbed my Western Outdoor News magazine from March '09 to read on the plane.
To my surprise and astonishment, there was a big article right at the front of the magazine that is titled "Save a Salmon, Catch a Striper".
The article goes on to explain how the salmon are on the brink of being lost due to low numbers, and we as fisherman need to help them by "educating" as many stripers this season as we can to save the salmon. Quote "grab a rod and save some salmon!"
To be fare to the article, it goes on to talk about catching stripers, which was good info, but the main message of that article is clearly that stripers are apart of the problem with low salmon count and we should kill them. This is EXACTLY what that stupid bill is saying to do.
WON recently published your excellent article about the craziness to proposal AB 1253 but then went and wrote the exact opposite article about how us fisherman need to go catch and kill as many stripers as we legally can this year to save the salmon.
Where does WON really stand on this issue and why doesn't somebody see the hipocracy in publishing both articles within weeks of each other? Doesn't an article written like this just give fuel and ammunition to that crazy bill?
Your thoughts are appreciated Hutch. I hope you can respond.
Thanks,
Kopper
I truly appreciate the article and believe exactly as you have said, but now i am totally confused.
i'm slow at catching up on my bass magazine reading, so on my trip to China this week i grabbed my Western Outdoor News magazine from March '09 to read on the plane.
To my surprise and astonishment, there was a big article right at the front of the magazine that is titled "Save a Salmon, Catch a Striper".
The article goes on to explain how the salmon are on the brink of being lost due to low numbers, and we as fisherman need to help them by "educating" as many stripers this season as we can to save the salmon. Quote "grab a rod and save some salmon!"
To be fare to the article, it goes on to talk about catching stripers, which was good info, but the main message of that article is clearly that stripers are apart of the problem with low salmon count and we should kill them. This is EXACTLY what that stupid bill is saying to do.
WON recently published your excellent article about the craziness to proposal AB 1253 but then went and wrote the exact opposite article about how us fisherman need to go catch and kill as many stripers as we legally can this year to save the salmon.
Where does WON really stand on this issue and why doesn't somebody see the hipocracy in publishing both articles within weeks of each other? Doesn't an article written like this just give fuel and ammunition to that crazy bill?
Your thoughts are appreciated Hutch. I hope you can respond.
Thanks,
Kopper
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Re: Salmon, Striper, and WON
Kopper Bass,
Sorry for the delay in the reply. Frankly , this thread got buried and fogetten about until I got to looking for something else and came across it.
Regarding the article done by JD Richey for the Magazine, it was a mostly tongue in cheek peice as noted in his final paragraph and I quote:
"So do your part to help King Salmon. Okay, you may not really be helping the salmon runs out a whole lot by catching spring stripers, but it's an awfully exciting way to kick off the spring and summer fishing season. See you out there".
Richey's article has no scientific basis and was in my opinion written from the standpoint of an "attention getter" After all, if the stripers were really eating the bejebbers out of salmon, why would the hot lure talked about in the article be topwater baits and not some type of smaller trout colored swimbait?
While there is no question that as a Pacific Northwest angler that JD Richey (who is a freelance writer and not a WON employee) it a stout supporter of all that is salmon, he was not in a serious way insinuating that he supports AB1253.
From my standpoint as a WON employee, I can tell you that everyone in the office I have spoken with on this issue is opposed to AB1253 and while we have to see where this thing ultimately goes, I feel comfortable saying the the company position on this bill as it stands is to oppose it.
Hutch
WON BASS
Sorry for the delay in the reply. Frankly , this thread got buried and fogetten about until I got to looking for something else and came across it.
Regarding the article done by JD Richey for the Magazine, it was a mostly tongue in cheek peice as noted in his final paragraph and I quote:
"So do your part to help King Salmon. Okay, you may not really be helping the salmon runs out a whole lot by catching spring stripers, but it's an awfully exciting way to kick off the spring and summer fishing season. See you out there".
Richey's article has no scientific basis and was in my opinion written from the standpoint of an "attention getter" After all, if the stripers were really eating the bejebbers out of salmon, why would the hot lure talked about in the article be topwater baits and not some type of smaller trout colored swimbait?
While there is no question that as a Pacific Northwest angler that JD Richey (who is a freelance writer and not a WON employee) it a stout supporter of all that is salmon, he was not in a serious way insinuating that he supports AB1253.
From my standpoint as a WON employee, I can tell you that everyone in the office I have spoken with on this issue is opposed to AB1253 and while we have to see where this thing ultimately goes, I feel comfortable saying the the company position on this bill as it stands is to oppose it.
Hutch
WON BASS
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