stop guiding fishing trips on beltzville lake

The Issue

pocono fishing adventures are on beltzville lake overharvesting bass and other game fish  and killing smaller fish they cannot keep by using livebait and small hooks which hooks them in the throat in turn kills them even when they swim off intitially,these guys are running 2 -3 boats per day making 2-3 fishing trips on the lake per boat and have a minimum of 6 people most of which are NOT PA residents,  here is the math,its possible that they are harvesting 270 fish (bass,bluegills,walleye,etc) a day,1890 per week and 98,280 fish possibly being taken out of the lake not to mention other fish as well, they call themselves guides but in fact they are nothing more than nightcrawler fisherman they drag a worm,or minnow behind the boat and sit back and collect huge profits. and we as tax payers and fisherman are left with nothing left in the lake to fish for.we as concerned anglers and tax payers must do something now to stop this or there will be nothing left for our childern and grandchildern to enjoy. We must act now! In the past three years that they have been fishing the lake the fish population has dramatically declined.  Please read this and share on you wall so we can pass the message around and get as many signatures as possible to take this matter up with the proper authorities.  PLEASE HELP! the future of our fishery demands it...beltzville lake is only 949 acres and cannot sustain such fishing like this!!

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The Issue

pocono fishing adventures are on beltzville lake overharvesting bass and other game fish  and killing smaller fish they cannot keep by using livebait and small hooks which hooks them in the throat in turn kills them even when they swim off intitially,these guys are running 2 -3 boats per day making 2-3 fishing trips on the lake per boat and have a minimum of 6 people most of which are NOT PA residents,  here is the math,its possible that they are harvesting 270 fish (bass,bluegills,walleye,etc) a day,1890 per week and 98,280 fish possibly being taken out of the lake not to mention other fish as well, they call themselves guides but in fact they are nothing more than nightcrawler fisherman they drag a worm,or minnow behind the boat and sit back and collect huge profits. and we as tax payers and fisherman are left with nothing left in the lake to fish for.we as concerned anglers and tax payers must do something now to stop this or there will be nothing left for our childern and grandchildern to enjoy. We must act now! In the past three years that they have been fishing the lake the fish population has dramatically declined.  Please read this and share on you wall so we can pass the message around and get as many signatures as possible to take this matter up with the proper authorities.  PLEASE HELP! the future of our fishery demands it...beltzville lake is only 949 acres and cannot sustain such fishing like this!!

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Petition created on August 15, 2013