As long as my next grandchild isn't being born that day I can be there(she's due in early Dec but you never know).

Perhaps you have missed the announcement.........this is not a protest or spectacle designed to manage resources by lynch mobs or popular demand......but a public hearing providing you with the opportunity to bring your science and management plans for the fishery.  The Commission will be quite impressed with all of your diversions, protests and whining.

Just another BH ACT  

Tony I've shot a few emails to some of the news channels and have yet to receive a reply. It would be great to have some of them on hand to get this into the publics eyes.  A pile of us show up down town for this I really don't see how it won't get attention though. I think Cpt. Mikey is Holly Binns in disguise. ;) 

Cpt. Mike------------GO AWAY!!!!

Mike,

I can't believe I'm waisting my time to respond to your post on my thread. Your comments are not welcome and do nothing to disencourage our efforts to have these issues brought to the general public attention. Contrary to your belief this is still a free country no matter how much you and your kind believe that you can call the shots as to others personnel freedom of speech and the right to hold a peaceful assembly. It is people like you that push me ever so harder to pursue my god given rights to voice my opinion and  You are more than welcome to show up and voice your own opinion but from what I have seen out of you on this forum you have no guts to show your face and have a public voice other than behind the computer and in secure surroundings like maybe a SAFMC meeting. Prove me wrong. For you to come on here and assume that the recreational fishers are a bunch of hot head gun totting riot minded people is an insult I as well as many others on here take very personnel.

Your views are well known on this forum and your versions of the truth are some what distorted but that is your right to have those views. I guess after your years of of profiting of of our natural resource you have since grown a conscience and must try to cleanse that guilt by proclaiming that anyone who exercises their right to fish is nothing more than a thief.

As to the concerns of how this would effect the SAFMC meeting is of little concern to me My agenda is to bring to the public attention this absolute circus of so called management practices the committee has shown. Trust me the committee does not care to hear any thing from the recreational fishing community this meeting is not being put on out of concerns for our concerns it is a requirement by law that they follow all procedures in the implementation of any amendments approved by the committee.

In your words " but a public hearing providing you with the opportunity to bring your science and management plans for the fishery. " Here in lies my frustrations , It is not the public responsibility to come up with science or management plans. This committee has failed to do their job and follow the laws set up by the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The Magnuson - Stevens Act says that the duties of the regional committees is to determine over-fished species and then implement management rules for the over-fished species. Notice it said MANAGEMENT some where in it's process the committee has confused the Magnuson-Stevens Act with the Preservation act "over-fished" dose not mean extinct. Closing down vast areas of ocean to fishing and closing the fishery for a species for an undetermined time period are acts of the preservation laws for extinct species. The argument by the recreational fishery is not that sound management does not need to be implemented but that the correct management be implemented based on correct science. The committee has stated several times that their science is flawed but they are only required to use the best science available in their management decisions. I'm sorry but when they say the recreational catch numbers is based on a formula and not actual counts they have not used the best data available. I will agree that the committee has a very difficult job and have made attempt to come up with a good plan but to settle with the easy way out and just close everything is a cop out and an excuse to bypass their requirements to manage an over-fished species for the special enterest groups agendas which are ever so present in the committee members personnel beliefs and yes I'm calling a spade a spade.

So in the end Mike I want to thank you for maybe bringing a few more people out to the float just to spite you.

That ignorant little rodent (capt mike, but that's just my opinion) thinks that this is a meeting of the safmc....what a dips@#*

Old hippies just don't get it.  And you're right Earl, he doesn't have the nads to show up at any function that would have some of us there. He's nothing but a little keyboard rat. One who runs and hides after posting something inflamatory.

I really don't know why he's still allowed to do what he does....I mean all he does is incite crap on this forum....then justmejoe calls him out on some stuff and his post is banned.

So here ya go mikey (and just for your info....I always type your name in small letters, as a form of disrespect ) there are many forums where you can spout your wrong headed views on, so why don't you take your knuckle-draggin' butt back to those places and leave the men alone.

Steve

Earl, If I can get the Yami back to running good before then, I'll join the Floatilla. That's seeing how my boss will give me the day off.  

Tops Off! will be there, so if a few of you want to ride with me you are welcome.

Chris, will you be paddling?

Come on Jan meet me at the house you can rdie and help me put the boat in

is it just me?but I see no date.would like to join.

Earl,

   Since the Crown plaza is on the South bank of the river near the Main Street bridge, where will we be meeting and tying up our boats exactly? I'm sure I will see you guys when I get down there, I was just wondering ahead of time.  Thanks

Okay, thanks Earl! I will give you a call later to see what time to be at your place!

Doghouse will be there after noon.  Space for many.  I will probably put in at Goodbys and motor up there

Nov 12th (Thu) should work for me. Probably out of Goodbys also.

im going to see what I can do if I come ill be motoring from sawpit creek. is there fuel down town not sure of my range yet.

Stan,

What time do you think you will put in at Goodbys?  I was thinking after noon.  Maybe we could form an armada from Goodbys.  Anyone else from Goodbys or Julington Creek??

BRian

Mike, I've put the word out that I would be on channel 8 vhf and my cell is 759-3767 if anyone needs to find out what is going on also Joel from the Ancient city game fish assc. is going to have some boats representing them. I believe they will have a banner on one of the boats to show representation of a larger group. If you come do you think you could get a banner representing the JOSFC? I'll have a banner representing the offshore rodeo guys I think that this will show that there are larger groups represented than what will actually be out there.

I think that some symbol that ties the whole group together like a black flag or banner of sorts representing the attempts to end or kill our rights as recreational fishers. I will have an American flag and Black flags along with statement banners. We are picking up steam with the numbers of boats and I'm proud to be with everyone of ya I am hopeful a couple of Marlin club guys will show with representation but they have voting going on that night for officers.

Senator Lemieux stood up for the recreational fishers questioning the data NOAA is accepting for this closure and demanding that we recreational fishers have a larger voice in this process. It is time to get the general public informed more on this subject only numbers can help move our efforts at this point and should have been sooner. 

The Arlington marina at the foot of the Matthews bridge (on the east side of the river) has gas as well.

Renovator to attend by water   

Sure hope that storm doesn't rain on our parade.

Every one needs to store the local tv stations phone #s in their cell phones and get their attention!

Seabatical...should be put back together and ready for a river run. Probably be there after lunch time with a boat load of fishermen.

Looks like we will have a pretty good showing down town on the water . So far myself and others from lakeshore,some from mandrin , a few from St. augustine comming up the ditch, Tommy and few others from Mclenny, AJ and few from the JOSFC, and I believe some representation from Fernandina. I'll be on ch 8 VHF and my cell 759-3767 American Flags symbol of the day. Ch 4 says they are aware of it and plan some coverage so lets not make our fishery look bad.

Robert Johnson said the Cape expected 4000-5000 people or thats what showed up at the meeting today. It would be nice if we could show that much public attention up here!

Will be there in the AM. Will be there on the Home Brew with the Snapper Killer.

MikeG