PUNTA GORDA — Anglers may soon be reeling in their lines in Punta Gorda Isles and Burnt Store Isles.
The City Council will hold the final adoption hearing Wednesday for a new ordinance that would ban fishing from the seawalls within PGI and BSI.
Two weeks ago, the council voted 4-1 in support of the ban. Councilwoman Marilyn Smith-Mooney dissented, saying that the ordinance was judgmental and was identifying anglers as “a class of people,” rather than banning recreational uses on the vacant lots.
http://www.sun-herald.com/breakingnews.cfm?id=4923
It sounds like a few fishermen with bad behavior have ruined fishing from those lots for the majority. On the brighter side, there are plenty of fishing piers in that area where anglers can go.
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