Can't fix ignorance

[Charlie415]

Walking up the dock past the cleaning station yesterday and what do I see? Someone proudly filleting a yellow eye. Do I say anything......Given the time and place decided to just walk by. Looked at my wife and she gives me that look and says REALLY! I have to believe that people just don't know the regs and don't bother to educate themselves. Nine times out of ten I will say something but today I just had to gave my head a shake and walked by. We have even seen fishers adamantly insist that the hatchery coho are the ones with the fin still attached. Would love to see that converstion with a DFO officer. LOL You try to educate but there are a presistant group that just don't care. I am assuming it is similar at most public docks. What are the best dock conversations that you have had?

 

[Eden Island]

Hmmm. Either didn't know the regs or didn't know what a yelloweye is.

 

[Whole in the Water]

or don't care!

 

[Srthomas75]

Did it appear that the guy cleaning the yellow eye had a strong grasp on the English language? ( not to stereotype but there usually is a connection to certain situations )

 

[Aces]

A real common occurrence

 

[Samnjoe]

I do follow the regs mostly but when I do see someone making a mistake like that I usually give them a heads up. Not to shame them at all but to help them not get a ticket. Yelloweye are so prolific now that we should be able to keep one a day. I watched the floating pumpkin patches for years out off the Brooke's peninsula from dragger by catch. Can't fault a guy for putting the odd one in the secret fish locker.

 

[pescador]

Lotta guys say or think it’s a “Vermillion”. That’s their go to response.

 

[Charlie415]

Can't blame this one on country of origin.

 

[fishbadger]

Some canaries can look like yelloweye's too. In that instance you actually can fix ignorance, and engage in a discussion about orange-looking rockfish differential diagnosis. That said, I hear you, I have often avoided the conversation because you never know what sort of person you're running into, and at that time of the day I'm usually pretty pooped,
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[SpringVelocity]

I don't let I bug me honestly. If people break rules they will be caught at some point. What is the point of being worked up by what you can't control.