"Your Local Tackle Store In The 21st Century"

A father and son enter the store......

Store Owner: Hello sir, may I help you?

Father: Yes, I would like to introduce my son to fishing. We want to fish the local waters. Wasn't the blackfishing pretty good around here?

Store Owner: The blackfishing used to be very good around here. You're a few years too late. The stocks have collapsed and there is a moratorium on these fish. Sorry, you can't fish for them.

Father: OK, how about flounder?

Store Owner: The flounder fishing used to be very good, too. Not anymore. But if you want to try, just remember the size limit is now 14" and you can only keep 2 fish per person, per day. Oh, I just remembered - the season closed yesterday. Sorry.

Father: What about snappers, a great way to start out fishing? I have fond memories of my father and I fishing for snappers. They're also pretty good eating too.

Store Owner: Sure, you can catch all the snappers you want, but you have
to release them all - there is now a size limit on bluefish and snappers
are included.

Father: Even more restrictions? And no fish? How do you stand for this? Who makes these rules anyway?

Store Owner: The rules are made by concerned people that all have different views on what's best for this trade; they all want to tell me how to run my business. You know, the wanna-be politicians, the doctors, lawyers and magazine publishers, that should stick to what they know, rather than what they think they know. They mean well, but we need more input from people actually in the trade.

Father: Hmmm..., makes sense to me.

Father: Tell me, what fish can I keep?

Store Owner: Well, there are some eels and sea robins around.

Father: OK, we'll try some bottom fishing. Give me some hooks, bait and some sinkers.

Store Owner: Sure, I'd be glad to set you up.

Store Owner: OK, everything comes out to $20.00.

Father: $20.00! For hooks and bait?!?

Store Owner: No sir, the equipment came to $5.00, but the saltwater license is another $15.00.

Father: Thanks anyway, I think I'll take my son bowling!

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