Ike goes to Washington

[basscat21]

A GREAT day in Washington DC lobbying for sport anglers! Hot topics of the day were aquatic invasive species funding (aka the Asian Carp problem), the Save Our Seas Act 2.0 (aka stopping source point trash and plastic in stormwater runoff), and the Forage Fish Conservation Act (aka stopping big business from over harvesting forage fish for fish oil). Thanks to Yamaha Outboards for including me in this important day! #goingike

[Gamblerman65]

I wonder if anything was said about the chemical over spraying of our lakes?

[Jfish]

Never been an Ike fan but I will give him props for looking all professional and addressing these important issues.

[JHelms]

He cleans up nice! Good job Ike and Yamaha.

[RANGER487]

Ike seems do a bunch outside of the tournament fishing world to help the fisheries and the sport of fishing in general.

[ST8Bugging]

I hope someone there actually hears what he has to say.

[BigDaddyBassNJ]

Ike is a great speaker , he will serve well.

[bilgerat]

Good for him

Now do your part .... Stop with the ridiculous quest for a golf course lawn and spraying weed killer on every sprout that pops out of a pavement crack. Chemical runoff is doing some bad stuff to our waters. Yeah, agriculture and industry are a major part of it, but so is residential lawn care. Go on, keep spraying and applying that shit and then come on here and bitch about the lack of natural grass in your favorite lake or the algae blooms that take over.

Go ahead and flame me, call me a tree hugger, whatever. If you don’t think our waters are in bad shape and getting worse, your either blind, ignorant or both.

[high 2]

Good for Ike, but can he be taken seriously after watching him spaz out like he does? Doesn’t lend much credibility to the sport. Your actions have consequences.

[TritonJT]

Good for him

Now do your part .... Stop with the ridiculous quest for a golf course lawn and spraying weed killer on every sprout that pops out of a pavement crack. Chemical runoff is doing some bad stuff to our waters. Yeah, agriculture and industry are a major part of it, but so is residential lawn care. Go on, keep spraying and applying that shit and then come on here and bitch about the lack of natural grass in your favorite lake or the algae blooms that take over.

Go ahead and flame me, call me a tree hugger, whatever. If you don’t think our waters are in bad shape and getting worse, your either blind, ignorant or both.

If you think our waters are getting worse, you are not a child of the 60's like many of us.

[Jamie]

If you think our waters are getting worse, you are not a child of the 60's like many of us.

Agree. The rivers around here are way better than when I was young. Still could use some work but no where near as bad as they once was.

[Casslaw]

Good for him! Now if the people in power would do their jobs instead of just talking constantly we could work toward a solution!

[Axkiker]

Good for Ike, but can he be taken seriously after watching him spaz out like he does? Doesn’t lend much credibility to the sport. Your actions have consequences.

Being professional fishing is so low on the radar as compared to other sports I doubt anyone hes presenting to knows who he is until he tells them.

[bilgerat]

If you think our waters are getting worse, you are not a child of the 60's like many of us.

Born in 64, I guess I’m technically a child of the 60’s but didn’t qualify for the whole experience

I do however remember the orange waters and rivers on fire of that era. That eventually led to the establishment of the EPA, which I support in principle but sadly have watched it turned into a bludgeon used to further political agendas rather than actually keeping our resources from going to shit.

Sorry, but while I agree we’re not where we were 50 years ago, we’re creeping back toward it and we all have a hand in it in some way. Better to be proactive than reactive.

[basscat21]

If you think our waters are getting worse, you are not a child of the 60's like many of us.

In 1968 I lived at Ft. Belvior, the Potomac was litterally my back yard, those pilings bettween Dogue and Gunston was the O club Annex. As kids we would say if you touched the water, your skin would peel. We would go to AP Hill, Burke Lake. But never fished behind the house. It was too poluted.

Look at it now preety good fishing.

[DAC244]

Being professional fishing is so low on the radar as compared to other sports I doubt anyone hes presenting to knows who he is until he tells them.

Exactly!

[DAC244]

If you think our waters are getting worse, you are not a child of the 60's like many of us.

I think the rivers are in better shape now then they was back then. But I think our lakes for the most part are in worst shape. JMO

[Locknload59]

Good for him


Go ahead and flame me, call me a tree hugger, whatever. If you don’t think our waters are in bad shape and getting worse, your either blind, ignorant or both.

I am 60 years old and the rivers and lakes are in the best shape that I can remember in my lifetime. Strictly my opinion but I think we have made huge strides in the right direction.

[basscat21]

Being professional fishing is so low on the radar as compared to other sports I doubt anyone hes presenting to knows who he is until he tells them.

You mean them southern Congressmen don't fish?

[JHelms]

It is interesting that the very regulations that make our lakes and rivers better today than they were 40 years ago are being repealed now. I think the big corporations have a bigger voice in Washington than fishermen. Of course corporations are people too at least according to SCOTUS.