Grunion and MLPA

[Gino]

Originally Posted by robmandel

That would probably be me. I make no apologies for believing in freedom. Look, the reason they are doing it this way is simple. we (kayak fishermen) are a very small group and they WILL NOT stop when they are through with us. if you rode (note the past tense there) dirt bikes, or atv's, or whatever, you know full well what they have planned. if you hunted (again, past tense) you know full well what these people have in store.

any kayak fisherman, or any fisherman for that matter, that supports any "compromise" or any sort of closures, is making a deal with the devil. there is no compromise. period. you don't compromise liberty. you don't accept fishing, or freedom for that matter, as a grant from the state. it is ours at birth. any closures are a loss and if we go along with that, than we are saying that fishing is a privilege.

I received many compliments afterwards, and I hope they understand this is about far more than fishing. look at the whiny lady wanting to close off laguna due to sand erosion. whatever the hell does fishing offshore have to do with the sand on the beach. someone please tell me.........

still waiting.....

still waiting.....

okay, I thought so. remember, we are asking them for absolutely nothing. we don't want any money, special privileges, or anything else. absolutely f***ing nothing. they are taking, not your fishing grounds, but your liberty. I don't know about you, but to me, that's kinda important. what do I tell my kid who came up there with me when he asks why we can't fish?

we are harming nobody, causing nobody and loss or grievance. I don't take too kindly (that's an understatement I know) to being forcibly denied fishing off pt. dume, or la jolla, because some folks think it's not nice. that is denying us life, liberty, and property, without due process. something in the constitution or whatever the hell scrap of paper sits in the smithsonian.

anyways, remember, no matter how small the closures, no matter how much we think we saved, anything that is closed is a loss. they took from you.

and they will come back , and keep coming back, and keep at it, until you tell your grandchildren, "yeah sonny, way back when, grandpap useta fish of them waters. it was grand I tell ya'. ah, them was the golden days" and then you'll drift off into a sleepy stupor.

Thank God, I'm not the only one.