Posted by Ronnie Baker on May 3, 2007, 4:10 pm, in reply to "Re: Hatchers Island and Blue Barrel Pits" --Previous Message--
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This was an intense battle for a several years.I can't give you all the details because it would not be 100% accurate being i wasn't there for the whole thing.PeeWee Powers(state federation president at the time) could for sure, he was in the middle of it.It was lost in court. I am 100% sure of 6 people getting a ticket in the Blue Barrel pit.4 of the 6 fish your trail.It's not a secret as to who they are, but i'm not going to be the one to post their names.
: Ronnie the game department is not who handles
: the pits. They dont care whether those pits
: are blocked or not. Its the corp of
: engineers. I talked with them a while back
: about the blocked pits. Thats how i know
: which pits are legally blocked.
: The blue barrel pit land owners do not have
: a permit and should not have it blocked. Im
: curious to know who has gotten tickets in
: there. I know of none. Hatcher's Island i
: have heard of a few.
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: --Previous Message--
: Blue Barrel pit might not be off limits in
: your tourney Kim.If a boat goes in there you
: will get a ticket. A bunch of tickets have
: been wrote in there. Game Wardens have even
: went to fishermens houses after the
: tournaments because they got the hull number
: from land and reported them. The state bass
: federation has fought this for years. Peewee
: Powers did so back in the early 90's.A lot
: of public pressure and a lot of money got us
: no where on opening the pit. I for one wish
: it was open.It is a very good place to fish.
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: --Previous Message--
: To answer your question. Hatcher's Island is
: off limits, but the blue barrel pit is not.
: The pits have been a major concern for the
: last few years with our tournament trail and
: im not sure why. Some of you have fished
: Pro-am teams and other tournaments for many
: years and they had no off limits. You must
: understand that Hatcher's island has a
: permit to be blocked off. If you go in there
: you will get a ticket for trespasing. That
: is why we chose to make it off limits. The
: blue barrel pit is a whole different issue.
: Im not a fisherman so im not sure why
: everyone is making a major issue over
: whether its fished in or not. If you want it
: open to everyone take a picture of it
: blocked, send it to the corp of engineers
: and they will have it removed. But some of
: you are making it a Castaway Tournament
: Trail issue and i think that is crazy
: especially if you have fished Pro-am or any
: other tournament held on the river in the
: past. You guys can either stand around and
: watch every pit on that river be blocked off
: or do something about it. Unless in the
: future you would rather only have the option
: of fishing the main river. Maybe im wrong
: but i dont see how the blue barrel pit is
: going to save the fish population. Im not
: saying whether it is right or wrong to go in
: and fish. Bottom line,its a matter of law
: and that pit should be open!!!!! If those
: land owners want to call it their land then
: build a wall to where it doesn't flow with
: the tide and its theirs. If i offended
: anyone let me say now im sorry. Hope you
: guys enjoy Sat. The weather will be great.
: See you then.
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