What are you going to do

[goldrod]

When recreational fishing is banned?
Just a thought, a scary one but how far from it are we?

[kingkong]

What? Is this really happening?

[vinnieb729]

Then I'll be an outlaw, armed with 3 piece travel rods hidden under my trench coat.

I'll storm the banks of the off limit waters.

When the Gestapo arrives to "give me some candy" I'll run...only to die tired.

[BigG]

I live in Alabama it ain't going to happen!

[MondayMonkey]

Is anywhere even remotely close to considering this lol. Is anyone even advocating anywhere that it needs to happen

[kingkong]

Did a little research about this topic this morning. Rumors started 3 years ago and doesn't sound serious. I don't think this will happen.

[USA-RET]

Like an obedient "subject" , I'll do this.

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Unless, of course, it's classified as a violent video game.

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Your mission: Solve the crisis. But, like life, it won’t be easy. You’ll have to work through natural disasters, foreign diplomacy, clandestine operations, technological breakthroughs, and somehow satisfy the food and energy needs of a growing world population. Will you help the planet or become an agent of destruction?

[kingkong]

^^^ i like the respond.

[BARRAMANIAC]

It is seriously getting that way in Australia. With environmental groups such as pew pushing the government real hard for lockouts.

[USA-RET]

It is seriously getting that way in Australia. With environmental groups such as pew pushing the government real hard for lockouts.

That's sad to hear. I always considered Australia as having some sanity left in it's governing body (and my escape plan).

Maybe New Zealand or Tasmania

[brwn_bggr]

Fish are friends,not food or sport...surely you wouldn't shove a hook in their face......
......would you...???
...

[brwn_bggr]

I'm sorry...the lines blur between gun control and fish control...so much so,it becomes indistinguishable as to who,wants to control what,for how long,where they want it controlled,,,and of course,to what extent...never mind,it's okay,we have rights...

[Fbass]

Fishing is never going to be banned. That's just too big a piece to chew at at once even for the most extreme animal right activist. But they can take small bites here and there and make it so damned impossible to follow the regulation that people will give up fishing. They can ban lead, ban soft baits because it poisons to water. Doesn't every body want clean water? Then they can outlaw catch and release like in Swiss lakes or in Germany. So yes the threat is real.
These people want to build a new world where hurting animals is considered a crime. Heck I've even seen some who opposes eating honey. It's bees' slavery you see. Not realizing that without bees there wouldn't be anymore of their lovely vegetables to eat. Then again common sense is not their strongest suit.

[basskeeter1]

Like an obedient "subject" , I'll do this.

Sega Bass Fishing.jpg

Unless, of course, it's classified as a violent video game.

Then naturally this one:

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Your mission: Solve the crisis. But, like life, it won’t be easy. You’ll have to work through natural disasters, foreign diplomacy, clandestine operations, technological breakthroughs, and somehow satisfy the food and energy needs of a growing world population. Will you help the planet or become an agent of destruction?

X2

[Carlos Carrapiço]

Fishing is never going to be banned. That's just too big a piece to chew at at once even for the most extreme animal right activist. But they can take small bites here and there and make it so damned impossible to follow the regulation that people will give up fishing. They can ban lead, ban soft baits because it poisons to water. Doesn't every body want clean water? Then they can outlaw catch and release like in Swiss lakes or in Germany. So yes the threat is real.
These people want to build a new world where hurting animals is considered a crime. Heck I've even seen some who opposes eating honey. It's bees' slavery you see. Not realizing that without bees there wouldn't be anymore of their lovely vegetables to eat. Then again common sense is not their strongest suit.

X2

Most of the people complaining, have really nothing to do and live depending on the government or on their rich parents.
Moreover, they complain because they don't know how to do other things like working.
Additionally, most of the time, they are not able to reason their claims but because the people in the governments are also not the most educated and worry more about noise than about facts, we end up with stupid decisions.

And this also leads to commercial interest. For instance, in lake Leman in Switzerland, for the past 5 years the authorities have promoted the pike fishing and killing even when they were spawning.
The reason behind this was that the pike eat the trouts and like this, professional fisherman have less trouts to catch.
No one asked about the effects of removing the predators from an ecosystem? And about the massive pollution and the frequent dead fish that appear floating?

Interestingly, you don't see the activist complaining about this! Maybe they are enjoying the summer and the cold beers.