Gerry.....you hit the nail right on the head. Turning a public resource into a profit making pay per fish production. That structure completely undermines fishery management on the surface based on the contents of the post. It's like the trout ponds where you pay for the fish you retain but in those cases someone owns the ponds, pays for the fish to be stocked, feeds them and makes money on the spread. How could anyone suggest charging for a public resource which belongs as much to the angling community as anyone else. And as others have already commented, how in the world would anyone administer that structure, it's impossible! It's all about money, politicians could care less about the health of our fisheries, they view them as just another opportunity to horse trade a public resource with someone for a personal pay day!