Re: [Paddlewise] Inuit hunting

At 09:31 AM 2/18/99 -0600, you wrote:
>
>There is a local lake which is overrun with introduced grass carp, 
>which everyone wants removed, but no one can figure a way to 
>remove them.  Its so bad, that they are actually illegal to release if 
>you happen to catch one; law states that it must be killed and 
>gutted immediately after landing.   So maybe this is an idea for a 
>wierd kayak tournament!!!   Kayaker who harpoons the greatest 
>mass of grass carp wins some cool prize.   Revive ancient 
>kayaking skills and help save native plants (and thus fish) from the 
>bottomless stomachs of 100lb grass carp.
>
>
>Richard Walker
>

Great concept! Do you think we could extend this "Clean Up Your
Waterways/Bounty Hunt" to the removal of Pestilent Water Craft (PWC)s? Due
to widespread squeamishness and pesky local laws, killing them outright
would be unfeasible, so I think we have to develop some sort of "Nerf"
harpoon that would knock them off their noisy, stinking mounts. They could
then be humanely "fixed" so they could not breed the next generation of
yahoos, and live-released (without their boat of course) to make their way
back to shore.
Philip T.
N49°16' W123°08' 
"The opinions expressed in this posting are not necessarily those of my
employer, or indeed, of any sentient being."
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