Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Illegal to wade Gravelly Point

Rich,
Great idea involving DU. As a duck/goose hunter I know people with blinds in those areas. I also happen to know (very well, goose blind syndicate partner) the Fed affairs lead for DU. I will send you his email address and an intro.

Steve



On Thursday, May 30, 2013 7:14:26 PM UTC-4, Richard Farino wrote:

So I just got off the phone with Sergeant Locasio, who coincidentally issued Remick's citation.

 

His interpretation of the regulations as explained to me:

·         You may not enter the Potomac anywhere along NPS property.  That includes the entire GWMP all the way down to Mt. Vernon, Fort Washington, Great Falls, and the entire C&O Canal.  That includes the entire 187.4 mile stretch of the C&O Canal from Georgetown to Cumberland, MD. This also includes the entire GW Memorial Parkway, Harper's Ferry, and any other national park property that provides access to our nation's navigable river.

 

I've made a few phone calls and hope to have more info later tomorrow.  We've gotten Ducks Unlimited involved, and am waiting to hear from the NPS chief as well as a few lobbyists and Capitol Hill guys.

 

I'll update everyone when we hear more and can move on things.

 

 

Weird.

 

 

R

 

 

Richard Farino

Urban Angler VA | 108 N. Washington Street  2nd Floor | Alexandria, VA 22314

(703) 527-2524 | fax: (703) 527-3313 | ric...@urbanangler.com

 

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Agreed. The rules need clarification and hopefully we can implement some positive change that everyone can enjoy. As for the 2;30am...when you gotta go, you gotta go, right?

On Thursday, May 30, 2013 4:11:35 PM UTC-4, TurbineBlade wrote:

If using the park after-hours is the issue, the ticket should not be for "entering the Potomac" or related to wading -- that's what I'm concerned with.  

 

I get your point about being there at weird hours, but the law needs to be addressed so it's clear that it's either "okay" or "not cool" to wade at these locations everyone here uses.  

 

Gene

On Thursday, May 30, 2013 3:56:50 PM UTC-4, Jeff Cook wrote:

But guys, 2:30am off the end of National Airport at National Park Service land that is posted to close at 10pm? Haven't they been looking the other way for the four years of increasing wade activity coming from this group? Clearly it was the hour that forced the flare up.

 

Of course it revealed a wading law we now all have a chance to change. But when it does, they'll still give people tickets at 230am. 

 

Just sayin. 

 

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Jeff Cook

 

On May 30, 2013, at 1:08 PM, HeaveToo <cpd...@hotmail.com> wrote:

This whole thing is bad.  There is also the letter of the law and the "Spirit" of the law.  Clearly the "Spirit" of the law would exclude people engaged in recreational fishing.  The Officer should have used some good old fashioned discretion and warned the poor guy who got the ticket. 

This kind of reminds me of the mess going on in the Jackson River.  http://www.potomacriverkeeper.org/updates/public-use-virginia%E2%80%99s-public-waterways-threatened

Public outcry could be the one thing that fixes this.  It is something that needs to be looked into because those federal lands are for the public's use.  We own this land as it is federal public land.  

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