I've heard talk that our wonderful Obama want's to do away with sport fishing - ha! That sounds communistic! What do you think?

Is there a particular article or website you're drawing this from? Wondering if there's something in particular that he said or did that you're referring to.

I'm sure he would love to take away the joy we get from fishing...

Heard a couple of guys talking about it last weekend. I will check with one of guys and ask him where he got this from. I was wondering if anybody else heard this.

C'mon man you gotta provide solid references other than "i heard a couple of guys talking about it" before you start posting things like that. give us a link to an article or some other valid source.

There is a thread about this here in the Open Saltwater Discussion forum by Mexicajun.

Here is the link:

http://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbt...men#Post4042263

I overheard a couple of guys saying that Rick Perry is going to make us all give up Fishing and take up Tennis since it's his sport and better for our health.

He is also mandating that we send all our kids to A&M.

I can't prove any of it and I didn't bother to try and verify it myself, but thought I would post it here just the same.

I hope you stayed at a Holiday Inn Express .....lol

Obama is not a fishermen...he backs the NMFS(made of a bunch of politicians and politically inspired economists and lawyers.. not fishermen) which is the government organization that sets many laws and limits in American waters...These "crooks" take away rights from private recreational sportsman such as ourselves and then up the commercial take further damaging fish stocks...the whole thing is about money and politics...they don't care about the fish or the private sportsmans rights....if you don't belive me look at what just happen with gulf amberjack

There are a couple of articles about this in the December 2009 issue of Sport Fishing magazine. It has to do with NOAA's Catch/Share programs for commercial fishermen and how they will impact recreational fishermen.

It is too complicated to discuss here, but you might Google around and find a better definition of this than my limited comprehension can provide.

Check out the Recreational Fishing Alliance site, www.joinrfa.org or the CCA site, www.joincca.org for more information.

Fishing equip is gonna go up like ammo lol

Nothing wrong with playing tennis! Nothing wrong with sending kids to A&M either! Jus' saying...

If you are taking up valuable fishing time by playing tennis, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING????

Gotta work out and get exercise to stay fit and healthy. To be able to live longer and do MORE fishing for years to come.

Well, CCREDFISH, I think the there's enough evidence laid on the table from all the other users. Now, we just have to stick together and fight these morons.

Wait let me get this straight.. Obama wants to put money and resources into fisheries management in order to protect them and improve them for everybody and you guys have a problem with that?

Try reading up on the history of Redfish in this state, and how rampant overfishing by commercial fishermen almost wiped them out.

It was the people of Texas through their government, taking collective ownership of that fishery and declaring it off limits to commercial fishing that saved the fish and gave us one of our best loved sport fish.

Now that's what i call communistic. Texas anglers used the power of their government to put a stop to commercial interests for the betterment of the people for years to come, and the proof is in the pudding with the economic impacts of recreational fishing in this state.

The Texas cost and its fish are under attack from overfishing and nutrient runoff from farm lands as well as petroleum industry byproduct. What we need is research and action focused on allowing over-fished species a chance to recover, shifting commercial harvesting from at-risk fish to abundant fish, and minimizing the deleterious effects of nutrient runoff from farmlands.

Just because the guy has a (D) by his name doesn't mean he is a communist. People who say that have no idea what communism even is.