> 38 sports i Herald & Lantern 2 May '84

outdoors with Lou Rodia \ New Salt Water License Fight On

For want of a nail a horseshoe was lost ... Remember that from your growing up years in school0 We read and recited the tale about losing a horseshoe nail, which in turn, resulted in losing a horseshoe and eventually it led to the loss of a kingdom. The moral was fix it now or do it now before it makes bigger problems down the line.

This column does not deal in horseshoe nails or horseshoes. We deal in mundane matters such as fish catches, bait lure suggestions. big fish that got caught or got away and occasionally we preach. Sorqetimes our messages are related to conservation. to environmental matters or to proper and ethical use of the out of doors. For those of you who

have read this column for any length of time, you will recall another bit of preaching which creeps into these columns. That preachment centers on the whys and wherefores of a salt water fishing license. We have unalterably opposed it for many years. We have travelled up and down the coast speaking against a salt water license. We have argued, long and loud, that ■ there should be no tax on I the right to fish in salt I water, and we have listed I over and again the many reasons why this tax was I and i^in unfair one. WE AND A FEW others have been in the forefront of the fight to keep a license from reality. We have asked you. our readers, to help. Some, but sadly, only a precious few. have'joined in the fight. Most of you ignored it Who helped and who didn't is a moot question at the moment. Right now. there is a strong chance that a license will pass at the Federal level, which will force the states to pass a salt water license. There is also now on the books a new license law requiring anglers to purchase a license to fish in Chesapeake Bay. If the law is ultimately allowed to run its course, and if you travel up and down the coast to fish, you might need as many as six . or eight licenses a year to fish in salt water. Some may think that a license ( tax ) to fish in salt water is in reality a small cost to pay. Better to pay it and get it over with, they argue. But. the license dangles a carrot on a stick to lure the anglers into believing that their money is going to make their fishing better So far. in years of watching the progress of fishing on both coasts, we see no proof that a license will make anyone's fishing better. The facts are there to be seen. California has had for manv years a license law on the books. Fishing in California gets worse each year, instead of the better as the license proponents

would have you believe. Fishermen are harassed by a law book which almost demands that you fish with the book in one hand and the fishing rod in the other because there are so manyrules. A LEARNED Californian. when braced about the decline of fishing in California despite the protection the license laws were to provide the fishery and the many benefits that were to come to the anglers after they paid their license fees, said fishing had declined in California because the Mexicans were catching all the fish. Fishermen are being asked to pay a tax < license ) to clean up the pollution. One Virginia bureaucrat reasoned that the fishermen who live in cities help pollute Chesapeake Bay. She also reasoned that fishermen buy farm produce that is grown byfarmers who use herbicides that help pollute the ba&. She Jfeia fishermen bought the products that are manufactured by companies th^f 'polluted the bay. Therefore, she reasoned, fishermen should pay to clean up the mess with a fishing license. If that logic works, so should everyone else who lives, sleeps, eats and breathes anywheres in the hemisphere They all should be licensed. Once again, you can-help. Capt. Joe Zaborowski of the Challenger party boat fishing fleet from Ocean City, is going to Washington personally to see Congressman William Hughes, of the 2nd Congressional District. Cong Hughes has traditionally opposed the salt water license and can be a factor in seeing that it does not pass in Congress VOL. ONCE AGAIN, have a chance to help in the battle against a salt water license at the Federal level by sending Capt. Joe to Washington with some ammunition. Write him a letter and tell him how you feel Do it soon, since May 9 is just around the corner The letter you have not

written up to now- has given strength to the movement for the salt water license. Writing one against it now might just be part of the move to, stop it once again. If no one or only a few write. Capt. Joe won't have much help. If w e fail to support the cause, we'll lose. Remember the horseshoe that was lost because one nail was lost? Your letter might be the one that held the horseshoe in place Write Capt. Joe Zaborowski. RD2-Box 621. Woodbine. N.J. 08270. Do Ft now. Fishing Report: Mackerel still continue to bite in great numbers most days. The first bluefish was caught April 19 off Virginia Beach, which means that we should get mackerel through the May 5-6 weekend at least. However, if you are planning a mackerel trip, do not vteit too long. Mackerel can be flighty and they may move out as quickly as they came. As the season winds down for mackerel, a dailycheck at the docks would be the best way to find out what is happening. Tide Tables Readied: The Cape May Countv Department of Public Affairs 1984 tide table, list of winners in the 1983 contest, and an official! list of weighmasters in the 1984 Cape May county Fishing Tournament is available without charge by writing Fishing Tournament. Box 365. Cape May Court House, N.J. 08210. The brochure also lists the contest judges, tournament dates and rules and regulations. Information on beach access is also provided. Women's Softball Organizing May 8 CAPE MAY - The first organizational meeting of the Cape May Women's Softball League will be held May 8, at 7 at Convention Hall All interested in fielding a team are urged to send a representative.

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