WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION !

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These 30 fish are a two days’ legal catch from the canal taken to the pier to clean. I wasn’t there but I hope he bagged up all the remains and took ‘em home with him in accordance with the law. Surely the remains weren’t tossed over the rail.
I guess one could pay $2 and roll their cooler to the cleaning tables and have at it, or wait till the pier house closes and do it free. Probably wouldn’t have to worry about the boys in blue that late in the day.
A wheeled cooler might be a good investment for tourist condo/rental dwellers.
A better idea would be for The Great State of Alabama to revise the current incoherent laws to be considerate of tourism/recreational fishing. Tourism/Recreational Fishing is a multi-million dollar income generator for Alabama.

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IT IS LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK before the Advisory Board meeting.We can show how stupid this regulation is by its very language.We have a very good proposal to make the 500ft rule apply to pier,and if there are others?; now is the time.But we need it put into a proposal in legal terms.This needs to submitted in a** Patition For Adoption of Rules **;we can ask to REPEAL,or AMEND this Rule;along with the request in writing,show that we are substantially affected by the rule,the facts to support the request,shows an actual question or controversy.These are the things we need to submit as per The Administrative Code.We need to have our pelicans in a row,so we don't get white washed.I need some help with this.

I have seen 3 guys roll out 3 coolers of RED Snapper, and clean them at the South cleaning station and throw the carcasse overboard at the pier, during this past snapper season.

ON TODAYS POST ABOUT THE LAW AND WHAT CHANGES WE WANT.I WOULD HAVE IT BE LIKE THEY HAVE IN FLORIDA; WITH CLEANING STATIONS WHERE PEOPLE FISH,(AT SABASTIAN INLET) THERE ARE TWO,ONE AT THE BASE OF THE NORTH JETTY AND ONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE JUST ACROSS FROM THE CAMP GROUND.WITH THE LAW WRITTEN THIS WAY THERE WILL NEVER BE CLEANING STATIONS AT AL.POINT,FL.POINT,FORT MORGAN OR LITTLE LAGOON INLET.

That's a great post Rich. Very well said. I've got the day off and possibly interested in going if someone has an extra seat to carpool up there. I'll pitch for gas, I just hate to spend the whole day up there if its not needed. I sure could use a day fishing.

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That's a great post Rich. Very well said. I've got the day off and possibly interested in going if someone has an extra seat to carpool up there. I'll pitch for gas, I just hate to spend the whole day up there if its not needed. I sure could use a day fishing.
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PM Pescador, he may have room.

Well chris pack a rod because I have a few spots around the montgomery area where we could wet a line, as well as on lake jordon.

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Well we went and had our say in Montgomery this morning. I have to say that Jeb, Jim, and Adam did an excellent job of presenting our case to resolve the fish cleaning/disposal debacle. The board was obviously already very much aware of issue, but not so aware of a solution.
Thanks to Jim for all his efforts in pulling together all the documentation, and submitting a formal change request regarding the laws causing this problem.
In attendance were, Jim, Jeb, Adam, Emily and meself.
Jim brought a bucket of dead fish and other really smelly un-refrigerated seafood items and sat right up front with the bucket under his seat! The folks around him were really glad when he took it with him when he was called to the microphone for his presentation.
I had to leave after our presentations to attendant my grandson’s Tae Kwon Do test and belt presentation ceremony.
I’m sure the others will report in soon in case I missed anything. I am interested to know how long that stinky gut bucket was allowed to remain in the building. Jim told them he had to bring it because the current laws say we can’t dispose of the remains.

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I bet that got their attention! :D

Thanks for carrying the banner folks! :bow:

Haha that's awesome Fin. I hope it gave them a little perspective. Thanks to all you guys who made it up there. Look forward to seeing what solutions are came up with, hope they come up with something everyone can agree on. Jeb told me a little bit about the meeting earlier but I look forward to hearing the full story.