After reading so many posts from the anti gang, it is begining to dawn on me their tactics - ignore all the points from the bbers because they don't have good enough countering points except repeating the offensive term 'snagging' or 'snaggers' a million time. This is the same strategy used by PETA to shame people who fish, and do it enough time that it is beginning to have a brain-washing effect. They are now targeting kids, the young & uninformed about the cruelty of fishing by shaming them. No difference here in strategy. All these extreme idealogy views is really about the stonger minds imposing their views on the weaker, less-informed, or less-educated masses by repeated propaganda from influential authoratative honchos. Why not let people choose their methods of fishing allowed by DFO and every one fish in peace? After you push your points of argument, people can make their own decision to follow or not. But to add more pressure by the use of shaming, labelling or name-calling strategy repeatedly is totally uncalled for in a free society. Their relentless lobby for exclusion of the majority of fishers unless you bend to their way is totally undemocratic. That bar-fishing requires a boat in order to have a meaningful spot to fish amounts to further exclusion even for their converts. All that hazzle & disputes for the 2%?.
Their narrow definition of snagging is not even supported by DFO's own action. Liketofish's earlier post stating that the intent of flossing, by targeting the mouth, makes it clear that flossing is not snagging according to DFO's rule and that is why no one is ticketed. When they fail to explain DFO's acceptance of flossing, they summarily brush it off as 'us hiding behind DFO or legality'. I think perpetuating this thread only serve their purpose of repetition of their shaming strategy. They are not interested in genuine argument, but repeated shaming and defamification by labelling and name-calling. Even lies or untruths repeated 100 times will convert some believers. Winning points with this approach is a real shame. What a shameful strategy to do it to your fellow fishermen who only harvest the meager 2%. They paid high cost for fishing and sweat for their fish to bless their family, and still get hammered by people who holds extreme and narrow view about how fishing should be. Pathetic.
I am off this thread now, like Athezone, to stop this insanity. Fish in peace guys - but I am beginning to think many anti guys just fish in front of the screen. Why? Because there is not even one fishing report by the anti-gang on their 'legitimate' spring catches. Is their method really that ineffective or just some don't fish at all but pretending they do?
My apology if my last post on this thread offend some of you in the anti camp, but considering the offensive shaming terms thrown at us through out this thread, it is peanut in return.
If the anti camp thinks that their view deserves more respect because of their years of experiences, then show some class. Stay away from the shaming strategy and debate the points with respect. If you have no anwer to some points, say so respectfully without mentioning the 'snag' words non-stop.
Cheer and good fishing.
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Topic: 2007 Fraser River selective fishing method request 2 - No Bottom Bouncing (Read 44621 times)