#839758 - 07/27/08 07:36 AM
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How do you think floatcraft traffic should be regulated on the CF. And no nonsense about fishing regulations. This is a different topic. But here are some criteria we should keep in mind.
First of all, they have every bit as much right be there as fishermen do.
Secondly, this should be approached from a safety and environmental aspect, not a crowding of fishermen aspect. (see number one)
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#839763 - 07/27/08 07:49 AM
Re: Okay. Let's Brainstorm
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I'll get really specific with you.....
If it is a good regulation and you convince me of three things, (1) It is biologically and environmentally sound, (2) It benefits the entire sporting segment and (3) It is financially feasible, then I'm all for it.
Any person or service that uses the landings/boat ramps should pay in some way to maintain and upkeep these public access points. Anglers pay with licences, registered boat owners pay with registration fees....who isn't paying?
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#839765 - 07/27/08 07:52 AM
Re: Okay. Let's Brainstorm
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OMG!!!! We agree on something. That does it. I'm going to church. See y'all after while.
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#841802 - 07/28/08 01:41 PM
Re: Okay. Let's Brainstorm
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1. Register canoes just like motorized craft. This solves the issue of paddlers impacting the resource but not paying a share to maintain it.
2. Anyone who wants to run a commercial canoe/kayak/tube rental operation has to have a permit to do so. The permit entitles the operation to run "x" number of trips on the river per day. There should be a cap on the number of permits available, so that the total number of trips by all commercial operations falls below whatever the maximum sustainable number per day is determined to be. Include fishing guides in this if you want.
3. Commercial operations should have identification clearly displayed somewhere on their watercraft - name and permit number. Warn commercial operators that if there are an excessive and disproportionate number of complaints against any individual operation, it could affect their permit. That way, commercial ops have an incentive to give their customers some rules about being courteous to others on the river, picking up their trash, etc.
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#841832 - 07/28/08 01:59 PM
Re: Okay. Let's Brainstorm
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Brian D's idea is a good start. I think commercial fishing opertations should be divided into 2 categories if you are going to regulate them.
Bait slinger guides should be charged a considerable amount more then C&R outfitters, period. They remove $$ from the resource every time they hit the river.
All fishing guides should have fishing licenses along with their clients. So it is hard to see charging them a "river fee."
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#842056 - 07/28/08 03:36 PM
Re: Okay. Let's Brainstorm
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Well, I agree with Brian 100%. I Think Capt. Hook's discrimination against bait slingers, as he calls them is pure Horse Hockey. Reasoning: Those guys fees paid for the trout in the first place just as yours did. It is exactly that mindset that gives the flyrod and C&R fishermen a bad name.
But Brian is right on. To my way of thinking, the Commish should give that some serious consideration.
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#842150 - 07/28/08 04:03 PM
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I don't have any aversion towards bait ANGLERS, could care less what a man chooses to fish with to be honest. Is bait slinger some sort of racial slur, just what I have always called them, never meant anything by it.
However, in terms of removing something from the resource they would be the primary culprit. Wouldn't you agree?
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#842174 - 07/28/08 04:18 PM
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OK, at risk of destroying my "nice guy" reputation, I'm going to put on my "bad guy hat" (a.k.a. bowriter hat) and explain why I don't believe any effort at so-called regulation can, or should, work.
Public waterway means just that... just because they're making money off the Caney, and interfering with our fishing, why should they be charged extra to enjoy it?
They shouldn't.
They are not harming the resource anymore, and perhaps less, than fishermen.
The license argument doesn't hold water. Maybe if they are all strictly TWRA-owned access ramps... but our fishing license dollars don't support Corps, TVA or other ramps or access points. And even if they are TWRA-owned ramp(s), no way can TWRA legally "discriminate" about who can, or can't, use their ramps.
I can't argue the "canoe registration." I've never understood why you have to register a vessel that is under sail power, but not paddle power. BUT, that isn't strictly a Caney Fork issue. That's a statewide issue.
Fishing guides have been mentioned.... I think it would be grossly unfair to regulate canoe liveries anywhere and not guides (or other commercial operators). On the Caney specifically, fishing guides are making money and probably more directly impacting the fishery far more than the canoers. (Note I said "fishery," not "fishermen.") But if you do that on the Caney, why not Hiwassee, or the Clinch, or the Buffalo or the Obey?
What precedent would a canoe livery tax set across the state to other Canoe or Raft rental places on Buffalo, Sequatchie, Hiwassee, Clinch? Or even a boat dock on Kentucky Lake that rents fishing boats, or even worse, jet skiis? How could anyone legally justify an extra tax/charge for canoe liveries on the Caney without impacting dozens and dozens of other similar operations all across the state?
Can't be done.
I can certainly understand and sympathize with the pain and aggravation of watching your favorite fishing haunt overrun with "multi-use" users. But the fact is, there is no way to focus any such regulatory effort strictly on the Caney Fork without have far-reaching impact all across the state.
If that's the goal... okay, it's worthy of discussion. I don't think we need, or should, do that.
But to try and come up with a reason why the Caney Fork should be treated differently than all the other Tennessee waterways is an exercise in futility.
Although chances are there are armies of lawyers with pocketfuls of billable hours out there that would love for someone to try.
OK, here's the target. Fire away.
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#842181 - 07/28/08 04:23 PM
Re: Okay. Let's Brainstorm
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I hate it when people make sense. Richard, there are some arguable points but the argument is pretty weak. Mostly it would be applied to numerical impact. Whateverinell that is.
Good post.
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