re: Proposed mudboat ban on Pass-a-Loutre after 2pm

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That's a pretty specific scenario you got there. I agree that you should not do anything that would negatively affect a neighboring property, and should be legally held responsible for such.

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The issue is the ability to repair what is lost is marginal at best. Once the damage is done, it's done. The risk is too great.

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I don't know how you guys are driving your mud boats, but I have rarely seen where somebody has done any serious damage to property with one

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I see it all the time. Ponds that use to hold redfish and healthy aquatic grass have been more or less destroyed from surface drives hauling arse up the small creek entrances and eroding the banks to the point the tidal flow of the ponds is altered. These ponds are too numerous to count. A very good example would be the leases surrounding PAC and the WMA itself. That place has been divested by the use of surface drives.

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If parts of my own property are only accessible by a long tail mud motor, but now I can't get there because of mudmotortalk thundercats rooster tailing through the marsh got them banned I would be pissed

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Suck it up and paddle. We have to do something to protect the marsh. If you got a better idea, now is the time.

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It just seems unfair to the majority of responsible mud motor owners

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The same can be said for a lot of things. I can run just as shallow as a surface drive with a jack plate and tunnel so I tend to agree it's unfair for those out there that are responsible. Again, if you have a better idea, speak up or forever hold your peace.

We need to do something or else the marsh will be destroyed by greed. We MUST protect this resource and right now we are doing a piss poor job of doing so. The good ole days are right now if we don't make a change. Do you want to be telling your grand kids how you could occasionally shoot an entire limit of ducks?