A Different Point of View

[eelman]

You cant blame the lobsterman for being upset, We had this discussion at a recent RISAA meeting. In the years I have fished I would say 90% of the bass I have gutted all have either lobsters or crabs in there gut. However many fisherman mis-identify lobster at times especially if they are a little decomposed. Not alot but enough to take notice, what the bass acually have in there gut is Manta Shrimp and, they can be a dead ringer for lobster especially in the decomposed stage.

Mant shrimp live in the muddy bottom and bass will root for them with there chins and absolutly love to eat the things!

However I agree that the ecosystem is totally screwd up...bass cant eat whats not there

[nightfighter]

So our response as a group should be....? How can we as sportsmen put our support around a solution? A true overall solution. What groups do we need to work with to make an impact? And we must identify who the opposition will be. We as a group could have some impact I would think, especially if we teamed up with others. Zealots need not apply.
Maybe we could start with folks like TimW as his work on the eel problem is obviously a piece of the puzzle.