Stripers Forever Membership

[DarkSkies]

I'm already a member, and have spent countless hours and gas $$ supporting various causes they try to promote.
A few years ago I went to MA to speak with the Legislature when a bill trying to make Stripers a Gamefish up there was proposed and failed.....well....we did try anyway, but Commercial opposition and General fishermen Apathy was too great to overcome.........
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...h-bill-meeting





Check out the link in Monty's post......
Some out there have given negative feedback that Stripers Forever is too elitist for them....

This is the thing with PACS (like Stripers Forever and others)......
They do their best to represent....but they cannot, and will not, claim to represent 100% of the interests of every fisherman out there........

I may not agree with everything they do or ask the members to do.....
but I still recognize the need for a PAC to represent the Striped Bass fishermen out there.....
There is no single fisherman who can do it by himself, no matter how motivated......there is power in Groups....and these groups, are who senators listen to.

Thanks for reading.....

[cowherder]

Thanks for posting monty, went to the link and signed up for the newsletters.

[dogfish]

I'm already a member, and have spent countless hours and gas $$ supporting various causes they try to promote.
A few years ago I went to MA to speak with the Legislature when a bill trying to make Stripers a Gamefish up there was proposed and failed.....well....we did try anyway, but Commercial opposition and General fishermen Apathy was too great to overcome.........
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...h-bill-meeting

Sorry to disappoint ya ds but I think that outcome was decided long before the meeting. The commercial fishermen have a lot of pull here. They use the "but my family has been fishing for generations" card and the politicians eat that up. Do you as an elected rep want to displace a local fisherman and his family way of making a living? Not on your life. That and the groups from Gloucester are a strong force to combat.