Urge Dekalb County, GA Authorities to Repair County Owned Property-Restore Lake Michele
Stone Mountain, GA, USA
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I'm an avid outdoors man that enjoys fishing with my family. Year after year the fishing is getting worse. There is no other public resource allowed to be taken for a personal profit why is it ok for these particular fish. These nets are not only catching the catfish it's all species.
Edward supported: No Trophy-Sized Catfish Taken From Public Water To Pay Lakes!The Paylake’s has destroyed our trophy catfish and my biggest thing is being able to see my kids fish and there kids fish with thousands of pounds of fish being taken from there river each year eventually there will be non thanks to these pay lakes
Cordale supported: No Trophy-Sized Catfish Taken From Public Water To Pay Lakes!Our local waters are being stripped of catfish of all sizes due to the increase in commercial fishing in our area. The laws in please create loopholes and gaps allowing hundreds and thousands of pounds of catfish to be harvested without repercussions. Fines in place as so minimal, there is no deterrent for commercial fishermen to follow the law.
Julie supported: No Trophy-Sized Catfish Taken From Public Water To Pay Lakes!Trophy blue and flathead catfish have been relentlessly targeted by commercial fishermen in the upper Mississippi River and its tributaries for the purpose of selling directly to private pay ponds for far too long. These practices are essentially a death sentence for any trophy catfish stocked in these private payponds. These ponds in question are unable to healthily sustain the environmental and forage needs of trophy catfish which ultimately leads to a decline in health and eventual death of these fish. Also it’s very common for paylake owners or staff to add chemicals such as copper sulfate and others to these ponds to intentionally irritate these trophy fish into biting or act more aggressively. These chemicals also cause scars and lesions to develop on these fish causing an additional health hazard for these trophy catfish. In conclusion the implications of these paylakes and commercial fishermen have on our PUBLIC RESOURCES is of great concern to myself and other anglers. These practices stated above are in contrast to the idea of fair chase and brings to question what qualifies any animal to be subjected to being caught in public access sites and their nature habitat and put into a small unsustainable private property for the intention of monetary gain?
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