Weakfish populations are certainly not high right now, overfishing surely contributed in the past. Understand that the population appears to be inversely cyclical (that is, when one is higher, the other is typically lower) with croakers, which have been very abundant in recent years. Getting involved and submitting comments is certainly a positive.
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Do not expect any fishing group like the RFA to make a case for you or me. This group was started by marine manufactures and that is were their allegiance lies.
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Let me think about this for 1/1000th of a second. Take away the marine manufacturers and you take away all the boats and all the tackle, where does that leave the fishermen? Take away the fishermen who buy the boats and the tackle, and where does that leave the marine manufacturers? You can't have one without the other.
You've got an axe to grind, go grind it, but don't try to somehow link weakfish decline with the RFA or suggest the existence of the RFA hasn't been to the benefit of the recreational angler. What a crock.
