2014 Fluke Regulations

[Pete]

Originally Posted by frugalfisherman

Maybe instead of 4 fluke at 18 inches we could get 2 fish at 17 1/2. That would give more people an opportunity to take some fillets home.

Finally some levity all these pages later.

[Duffman]

What were the regs in years past? Not in the last 5 years or so, but going back to the 90's ...80's....70's

[Irish Jigger]

Interesting article from 92. How things have changed!



http://articles.philly.com/1992-12-0...l-minimum-size

[Buttcap]

Originally Posted by frugalfisherman

Maybe instead of 4 fluke at 18 inches we could get 2 fish at 17 1/2. That would give more people an opportunity to take some fillets home.

No, they're saving that for next year!

[Sharkyispy]

Originally Posted by Duffman

I give up. I keep what I need for the table. My boat has its own personal laminated species regulation chart....

Duff, can I make a copy of yours?? I'll be sure to set the margins just right so the ruler measures everything "perfectly"

[bulletbob]

Originally Posted by Duffman

What were the regs in years past? Not in the last 5 years or so, but going back to the 90's ...80's....70's

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"Some are questioning whether the 18-inch size limit for fluke, also known as summer flounder, isn't a ruse to prevent anglers from keeping them. They have seen the size regulation creep up from 13 inches in 1986, to 14 inches in 1993, to 16.5 inches in 2006, to 17 inches in 2007 to 18 inches in 2009."


Taken from this very good newspaper article from a few years ago..

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/n...cc4c03286.html

Please take the time to read it...bob

[Duffman]

Originally Posted by Irish Jigger

Interesting article from 92. How things have changed!



http://articles.philly.com/1992-12-0...l-minimum-size

Cool article. 13" is about as far back as I can remember. Have memories of PB fishing with my father in the 70's but no memory of size limits then.

Mike, you can have my chart, I no longer need it.....currently working on a line of artificial fluke tails, which, when put on the fish, adds 2"....

[HDMarc]

Originally Posted by Duffman

Cool article. 13" is about as far back as I can remember. Have memories of PB fishing with my father in the 70's but no memory of size limits then.

Mike, you can have my chart, I no longer need it.....currently working on a line of artificial fluke tails, which, when put on the fish, adds 2"....

Wish I had one of those tails last summer, caught this one without a tail at 17"

[Solemate]

Its not the size that counts but how you fillet it.

[hartattack]

Originally Posted by HDMarc

. . . caught this one without a tail at 17" . . .

Nice shorty Marc