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Trigger
 
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Sequoiha (7/5/2008)
I agree they are not very consistent in there interpitation of the law. Isn't the law their job? What if you were "not very consistant at fixing boats" ? I agree that we need these people out there, but they are not doing us a favor, this is there job that they get paid for! If they are not good at there job they should have the same consequence as if one of us were not good at our job.
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Trigger
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Matt Mcleod (7/3/2008)
I don't think this is bashing at all, I have had some bad experiences with some fwc guys and people should know about it. It is not all of them; some of them are very professional and courteous like the last guy who stopped me. Young guy new to our area from Fort Walton. I have never had a bad experience with the Coast Guard, always professional. The biggest problem I see is that if you ask five fwc officers the same question you will get five different answers, and that’s just damn ridiculous! And unfortunately I got a $250 ticket before because one of them gave me bad information. I once got into an argument with one because he told me my 8 mangrove snappers were cubera snapper, are you serious, 8 damn cubera snapper in Pensacola? In my experience it’s the older guys, the ones that have been around here the longest that are the worst, the younger guys that are coming here from other areas seem less angry when they pull me over. I in know way have a problem with authority, but these people work for us. And if some of them are not doing a good job we should let them know through the proper channels. I totally agree...The younger guys have always been very nice and helpful...I have too heard the cubera crap..I have also had 3 fishing license thrown in the water by them(2 mine 1 buddies) because they were too lazy to hand it back...also after working at DBM i think i can drive a boat better then most of them
Dylan
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Ruby Red Lip
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| I would post the guys name if he tossed my fishing licence over! That is hard to believe it happened on purpose.
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Outside9 (7/7/2008)
I would post the guys name if he tossed my fishing licence over! That is hard to believe it happened on purpose.Probably Kieth Clark... he's a joke 
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| I had one FWC officer take a picture of a snowie grouper for their offical fish ID book, last year. I have had to show several of them the way to ID Almaco and Amber jacks and Rudderfish. You have to rember the FWC has the highest turnover rate of all state LEO's. Low pay, high stress, enforcing the law for freshwater, hunting, and saltwater, and out of the area training, these men assume tremdose responsability daily. Ive been told the rising fuel costs have limited their range and very little overtime in the budget. It takes a very special person to do their job. Play by the rules, be courtious and respecfull.
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Trigger
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I was in the Coast Guard. Its actually pretty scary how little they teach boarding teams about the laws. We were embarrassed on countless occasions because a Captain new more about the laws than our boarding Officer. Heck, I got the job of small boat driver because I was the only one out of a crew of 12 that had ever owned or driven a boat before joining the Coast Guard. With all that being said, we did save some lives in some shitty conditions and even got one drug bust. For all their ineptness, they do some good when it really counts.
 The fisherman know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore - Vincent Van Gogh
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Snapper
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here is man that knows (dbyrd2100). thanks to the cc for the job they do.
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