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Does this mean you can use you bonus tag before harvesting a cow

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Good question Steve! I'm sure the higher ups want us to kill a cow before using the bonus tag. Hoping not of course!!!

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Well that's not too bad then! Things could be better, things could be worse!!!

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Thanks Mario!
May see you out there this weekend

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So its still two fish at 28 as long as you pay two bucks for the bonus tag hmmm no need to kill the cow just make sur you havthe bonus tag

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Not sufficient just to have the tag; it must be filled out before you return to the dock; here're the State instructions:

What to do if you harvest a bonus fish:
• All information on the permit must be completed immediately after harvest and prior to transportation.
• Report harvest information at www.wildlifelicense.com. A $2.00 fee will be charged to receive a replacement permit. Harvest information must be reported online for all permits issued via the internet. You will not receive a new permit by going to a check station or by mailing your permit to the Division.

SOURCE = http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/pdf...nstruction.pdf

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The bass population is in trouble, we must protect them! Unless of course you give us 2 dollars. Friggin joke

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2015 sea bass regs just set tonight. bonus program too
Sea bass regulations set at Council meeting http://on.app.com/1yhpSfj via @AsburyParkPress

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I'd rather them say keep 2-3 fish 18 to 34 inches and call it a day. If you want to buy a trophy tag for a fish over say 50" so be it. But you should only be able to use the tag once a season.
What a bunch of morons

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Oh, I am so looking forward to hearing the PB captains and mates explaining this to their customers as the fish are flying over the rails.

"No, no, you get one from column A OR two from column B."

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Exactly!!!! It's all about that cash bout that cash

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I'm thinkin of getting the bonus tag so I don't have to kill a cow. To be honest I hardly keep any. Last year if I kept five fish for the year it was a lot. And yes, I did catch a lot of bass last year. But every now and then I want to bring one home, or a neighbor asks for one. If I get the tag I don't have to take a big fish.

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I'm pretty cynical about State money grabbing since they are in our pockets for everything. However, I can't see how the $2.00 for a tag is a money grab... It probably costs the state more then $2.00 to issue and track the tags. If anything, it may cover the cost of administering the program.

I think it's more likley to get more information in regard to landings and stock assessment.

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So as I read the Striper Regs this is how I interpret them.

We have no closed season and if you don't have a bonus tag you are allowed 2 fish. 1 between 28 and 43 and one over 43 all year long. You must however be regsitered with the NJ Marine Registry unless you are fishing a charter or party boat and they have the regsitry covered .

If you have a bonus tag, on top of the regular regs:
- Until 8/31 you can keep a 3rd fish over 28 inches or you could have 2 fish between 28 and 43 and use the tag for one of them.
- From 8/31 on you can keep a 3rd fish between 24 and 28 inches and use the tag for it. Or, have one fish between 24 and 28 inches and use the tag for it.

So total possession limits if you have and use a tag are as follows
- Until 8/31
. 1 fish between 28 and 43
. 1 Fish over 43
. 1 Fish 28 inches or more
- Between 8/31 and 12/31
. 1 fish between 28 and 43
. 1 fish over 43
. 1 fish between 24 and 28

Whenever you are in NY waters you can only have one fish 28 inches or more and only between 4/15 - 12/15. And, to possess a fish in NY you have to have be enrolled in the NY Marine Registry, unless you are on a charter or party boat and they are regsitered with NY.

If this is correct I'm going to need to print it out and keep it on the boat... My head hurt enough trying to figure it out once :rolleyes:

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I think the bigger concern besides the bass regs are the BS seabass regs AND seasons.

We basically have 5 weekends to fish seabass in the spring, and then the month of July becomes a by-catch, then it's closed till the end of October?!?!?

From 9/26 to 10/22 we gotta hope the porgies show, the giant bluefish come back and eat our transducers, and maybe we have SOMETHING else that's sustainable.

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You can have the National Registry, which is $25 that covers all states.

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The imbeciles making up these rules are banking on you not having a bonus tag for that second 28" fish, so they can take in a lot more in fines then just the $2.00....

Where is the conservation that this whole thing was about? Now you can legally take 3 fish (as long as you meet size limits) instead of 2 last year:confused:

Their brains are where their legs meet their waist!!

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So total possession limits if you have and use a tag are as follows
- Until 8/31
. 1 fish between 28 and 43
. 1 Fish over 43
. 1 Fish 28 inches or more
- Between 8/31 and 12/31
. 1 fish between 28 and 43
. 1 fish over 43
. 1 fish between 24 and 28


Not so the 1 over 28 bonus tag is only in effect until the lawyer review goes through in 3 to 4 weeks then there is no bonus fish until 9/1/15when it becomes 1@ 24 to28

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Confusing for sure , doesn't bother me per se' but it as I understand it wasn't the bonus tag implemented to draw from the commercial tonnage initially ?
Not entirely sure of this relationship now but that's what was initially the intent .
Good or bad it is what it is, the sea bass regs hurt for sure ! At least fluke not terrible !
Hake on the horizon ?! Never ends , the guys up north can't even ground fish in many areas , their done !
Watch those dock pictures cutting of ur nose to spite ur face !!!:cool:

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Hmmm - first time I've heard about that.

NY and NJ registry are however both free.

If you go the $25 National route, I would guess it does not cover you when fishing states like Florida where they have a paid salt water license??

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Last year was 2/1 3 fish, plus this law isn't in effect yet till the Gov signs it. So, we still fall under the 2014 rules

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Huh?? :confused: first I've heard of this. Please elaborate.

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Gerry, license is different, if you state requires a license, you still need that. But the National Registry is means you don't have to apply for the registry in any one state. It covers you where ever you fish, but it isn't a license.

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Gerry, that is why we still fall under 2014 regs, until everything is looked at an the Gov signs. he has until the end of the month, then it goes in effect automatically.

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Trying to make demand for tag. Then they will raise the price. just like size limits make it small at the beginning so no one cares then slowly raise it to the point of burdensome.

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That is what was said at the meeting last and confirmed twice there will be no spring bonus tag after the lawyer review.

Everything for sea bass, fluke and stripers will be sent to the states attorneys today as soon as approved in 3 to 4 weeks all new regs will be in effect. The new bonus tag will supersede the existing one immediately but will not take effect to 9/1/15 to prevent the needles killing of a 3rd big fish in the spring

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Bureaucracy, like someone will get hurt the way it is written, or someone enforces it wrong.

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Well, I will be on my yak this weekend, and if I am lucky, I will catch 3 fish! :):)

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Thanks RBC so if/when all that comes to pass, then we will have this?

Total possession limits if you have and use a tag are as follows
- Until 8/31
. 1 fish between 28 and 43
. 1 Fish over 43
- Between 9/1 and 12/31
. 1 fish between 28 and 43
. 1 fish over 43
. 1 fish between 24 and 28

Until it's signed into law, we have this

Total possession limits if you have and use a tag are as follows
- Until ??
. 1 fish between 28 and 43
. 1 Fish over 43
. 1 Fish 28 inches or more
- Between 8/31 and 12/31
. 1 fish between 28 and 43
. 1 fish over 43
. 1 fish between 24 and 28

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Thanks Gerry, nothing is easy in this state!

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Here's another wrinkle....if, hypothetically, you have already purchased a 2015 bonus tag, will the use of that tag be prohibited once the NJDEP commissioner approves the new regs? Or will the bonus tags purchased prior to the new regs be honored?

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Face palm.

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Use it!

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Should be an interesting season for you and all the for hires Jay...

You'll have lots of "splanin" to do ;)

I can hear it now...

You can keep this but not that unless you have a tag and if you have a tag you can only use it after 8/31 and only during leap years :D

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why the hell cant they get this crap figured out before the damn season starts, people have been catchin stripers for a couple weeks now and no one knows what the hell is actually legal

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Still 2014 regs

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I already have a headache.