LAST EDITED ON Jul-14-01 AT 11:27 PM (PST)

Read Adam's post above - he has some very valuable information. Go to his links and learn everything you can about the Marine Life Protection Acts. If we go in there pissed off we will get no where. Being genuinely concerned about the resource we use and its future are very important.

I have corresponded with a member of The Marine Life Protection Act Planning Team. He contacted me after receiving my initial proposal I sent to Paul Reilly at the DFG - I got the feeling they were impressed with my proposal. With information I gathered through our correspondence I have updated and simplified my proposal with three plans that I believe (and get the feeling from the team member) are quite possible. Working together toward a common goal is our best chance.

Here is the link to my current proposal: http://www.leapinbass.com/goleta_cove_proposal_revision_2.pdf

Again, you may not agree with the catch and release or artificial lure only policy but it's better than not fishing there at all - right? Besides from what I've gathered it doesn't seem like they are considering those options anyway (which I personally feel is rediculous).

Also - if you haven't yet send an e-mail and/or letter to Paul Reilly

Paul Reilly
Department of Fish and Game
20 Lower Ragsdale Drive Suite 100
Monterey, CA 93940
preilly@dfg.ca.gov

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You can't catch tomorrow what you kill today - please practice catch and release.