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Originally Posted by NJSquatch
the fact that there is an provision in the new rules that allows them to fish publicly stocked rivers on their private club property when the season is closed for the rest of us is total BS...just another instance of the 1% trying to make a public resource their own...this is a give away to some connected individuals.....
if you are a 99%er i would encourage you to write FGW and oppose this proposed rule
http://www.nj.gov/dep/rules/comments |
Im going to argue that if it's their property then they should be able to do what they want. Id imagine the folk at those clubs have a high level of respect (on average) for CnR and will be happy to return a hungry trout already swimming on their property.
Additionally, I figured folk that had clubs already fished during the off-season because there's no one enforcing it. Do game wardens ever check the club's property in the first place? This new rule just simply made it official. With or Without the rule I dont see what it would change.
I think the main problem is private clubs to begin with. Kind of lame that the state chose to sell so much public river to private. I don't have a big understanding of how much river is under club boundaries compared to public water- I know that for hacklebarney state park it's actually mostly private however... id like to imagine a hike from the bottom of that stretch to the top with a rod in my hand, but at its current length it's not even 3 hour hike I think.
