I live in marion county and we had some descent fishing in our area a few years back,..Marseilles reservoir in killdeer had walleye great smallmouth huge catfish perch crappie pond 33 was awesome bass lake, the state decided they couldn't spend any money repairing the reservoir and now it is completely drained dry, we had a fish kill at pond 33 4 years ago and I don't think it has been restocked. Seems like odnr is only catering to bird watchers, they keep turning everything into wetlands for birds. Fisherman buy the liscenses put up all the money for everything, I'm starting to feel like they don't give a **** about fisherman(in my area)its all about the birds. seems like if they would have taken .01% of fishing liscense money for 1 year they could have saved that reservoir. they should make bird watchers get a liscense.

 

Email sent to my state senator. Everyone needs to take 5 minutes to do this. Here is the link to find your district and contact information.

http://ohiosenate.gov/members/contacting-your-senator

 

Email sent to my state senator. Everyone needs to take 5 minutes to do this. Here is the link to find your district and contact information.

http://ohiosenate.gov/members/contacting-your-senator

I did my duty also, emailed my man.

 

I have posted on this site previously and was surprised how apathetic the majority if sportsmen that frequent this message board have been on this issue.

I totally get what you are saying and I also totally agree. I also support a license fee increase for myself along with a out of state license policy mirroring those states around Ohio.

That being said, I truly believe people get what they deserve.

Aside from the legislature, whose gerrymandering of district lines put a certain party in the absolute majority, the people of Ohio have voted for Kasich and given a single party absolute control of the state government.
Now we will pay the price for their ideological belief of starve the beast (state and local governments) for their policy of tax cuts. They will not tolerate dissent nor will they listen to it.
They already have cut state aid to local governments, higher education, public schools and anything else that does not fit their ideological purity of lower taxes for the higher incomes.
The federal government will be doing the same in the next few years.. Look at the Greats Lakes Initiative...
The people of the state of Ohio need to look in the mirror and ask themselves whether they are part of the problem that has created this beast.

 

Same here!

 

Eric, thanks for keeping us all informed. I emailed my senator. Come on guys, it only takes a couple minutes.

 

After some consideration I've also emailed my reps. I'm not particularly politically inclined and hesitate to take a side on an issue, because of my lack of knowledge on the subject. But I look at it this way, Eric is involved (up to his eyeballs) and his opinion most likely would be very close to mine, so I sent an email. As I think most here should also do.

 

One message since June 2016...and this is the winning response you choose? Good job man!

Speaks to your contribution level on understanding issues Sportsman face.

 

That's the attitude that will ultimately end with you paying way more for your license because polotitions will want the money. What do you think would be their first inclination, if they got their way?

 

To the top. Let's keep this one going guys.

I know Mike Budzik personally through the shooting sports industry...he is as good as they come and passionate about doing what is right for the wildlife and the hunters in our state.

If he says something is wrong...I have no reason not to agree with him.

 

I also contacted my state senator . It was easy and only took a few minutes . Just do it .