[Broad Bill]

BD maybe you should have all the facts before passing judgement. The person is question has passed, my heart goes out to him and his family. But we're talking about a bigger picture here and people should know the facts. Someone who makes his living running a recreational fishing business turns around and rapes a thin body of water commercially every spring while his license was active at the expense of every recreational angler fishing that same body of water. Conflict of interest, I'd say it is or at minimum hypocritical.

Same individual took my work which was intended for six NY State representatives, marked personal and confidential, not for distribution, and sends it to a sponsor on this site who shredded it and ripped one of my contacts a new ******* all because it didn't support his personal agendas or the personal agenda of his now essentially defunct fishing organization. No need to get into names but both individuals worked collectively to undermine my work as I was making progress looking out for the benefit of the fishery and every recreational angler's best interest.

If you're going to tell a story, tell both sides as the biggest issue the recreational sector has is what's been discussed over and over on this site. No leadership, completely not unified and every organization looks at their own personal interests while ignoring the health of stocks themselves. They all blink when it comes to NMFS, ASMFC and MAFMC and are more concerned about their personal survival than their mission to represent the sector.

I put thousands of hours into my work, how about you, how many hours have you labored for the sector and stock management? And while I agree people are entitled to their own opinions, no one is entitled to destroy someone else's work which is proprietary property. So while I'm sure the individual involved was a very decent guy, actions speak louder than words and his actions in this case didn't help the average every day recreational angler or stocks being completely mismanaged. Why, all for personal gain at everyone else's expense. It's the primary reason the recreational sector will eventually fail, every club has their own personal agenda, none of which deal with stock management.

So go ahead and complain but know the facts before doing so.