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Marine Region Highlights
On May 4, 2025, CPO Raguz received
an Operation Game Thief complaint regarding two fisherman keeping undersized tautog during the closed season at the Manasquan Inlet. CPO Raguz responded to the area and was able to locate the fishermen. CPOs Woerner and Bahrle arrived on scene to assist and were able to make observations of the fishermen. The officers were able to locate the fishermen's vehicle and apprehended the two men as they made their way off the jetty. Upon inspection, 29 tautog were located throughout the vehicle, of which 23 were undersized. It was also determined that the fishermen failed to register with the Saltwater Registry Program. Court mandatory summonses were issued to the fishermen, and court is scheduled for late June.
On May 18, 2025, CPO Bahrle received a complaint that a group of seven fishermen were keeping undersized and over limit black sea bass in a large
cooler on a local party boat. CPO Woerner arrived to assist CPO Bahrle, and the two officers were able to apprehend the fishermen as they exited the vessel with a very large cooler. The inspection revealed that the fishermen kept a total of 110 black sea bass, of which 79 were undersized. Current New Jersey regulations allow fishermen to keep up to 10 black sea bass with a minimum length of 12.5 inches. Summonses were issued to the fishermen for the violations.
In mid-May, Lt. Harp was conducting surveillance of a large group of anglers targeting bluefish on the "T-jetty" in
Atlantic City when he observed two anglers that appeared to be targeting tautog. The anglers had a cooler hidden in
the rocks, which they were cautiously sliding tautog into when other fishermen were not watching. Upon inspection, Lt.
Harp apprehended the men with a total of 38 undersized tautog during the closed season. Multiple summonses were issued, and the angler's fishing
equipment was seized.

Good jerkoffs cought

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Originally Posted by AndyS (Post 590146)

Marine Region Highlights
On May 4, 2025, CPO Raguz received
an Operation Game Thief complaint regarding two fisherman keeping undersized tautog during the closed season at the Manasquan Inlet. CPO Raguz responded to the area and was able to locate the fishermen. CPOs Woerner and Bahrle arrived on scene to assist and were able to make observations of the fishermen. The officers were able to locate the fishermen's vehicle and apprehended the two men as they made their way off the jetty. Upon inspection, 29 tautog were located throughout the vehicle, of which 23 were undersized. It was also determined that the fishermen failed to register with the Saltwater Registry Program. Court mandatory summonses were issued to the fishermen, and court is scheduled for late June.
On May 18, 2025, CPO Bahrle received a complaint that a group of seven
fishermen were keeping undersized and over limit black sea bass in a large
cooler on a local party boat. CPO Woerner arrived to assist CPO Bahrle, and
the two officers were able to apprehend the fishermen as they exited the vessel with a very large cooler. The inspection revealed that the fishermen kept a total of 110 black sea bass, of which 79 were undersized. Current New Jersey regulations allow fishermen to keep up to 10
black sea bass with a minimum length of 12.5 inches. Summonses were issued to the fishermen for the violations.
In mid-May, Lt. Harp was conducting surveillance of a large group of anglers targeting bluefish on the "T-jetty" in
Atlantic City when he observed two anglers that appeared to be targeting tautog. The anglers had a cooler hidden in
the rocks, which they were cautiously sliding tautog into when other fishermen were not watching. Upon inspection, Lt.
Harp apprehended the men with a total of 38 undersized tautog during the closed season. Multiple summonses were issued, and the angler's fishing
equipment was seized.

Well, I feel that the captain of that party boat is just as guilty! Thats my opinion. You cant convince me the crew didnt see it happening.

The captain and crew have no control over the fares on a party boat ?

Idiots.. play with the bull and you get the horns...

However, to play devil's advocate for a second, I can recall over the years many members here claiming they would "go rogue" and set their own size and bag limits on Fluke because of the restrictive size and bag limits.. just sayin'.... bob

I love hearing theses stories of scumbags being caught

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndyS (Post 590146)

Marine Region Highlights
On May 4, 2025, CPO Raguz received
an Operation Game Thief complaint regarding two fisherman keeping undersized tautog during the closed season at the Manasquan Inlet. CPO Raguz responded to the area and was able to locate the fishermen. CPOs Woerner and Bahrle arrived on scene to assist and were able to make observations of the fishermen. The officers were able to locate the fishermen's vehicle and apprehended the two men as they made their way off the jetty. Upon inspection, 29 tautog were located throughout the vehicle, of which 23 were undersized. It was also determined that the fishermen failed to register with the Saltwater Registry Program. Court mandatory summonses were issued to the fishermen, and court is scheduled for late June.
On May 18, 2025, CPO Bahrle received a complaint that a group of seven
fishermen were keeping undersized and over limit black sea bass in a large
cooler on a local party boat. CPO Woerner arrived to assist CPO Bahrle, and
the two officers were able to apprehend the fishermen as they exited the vessel with a very large cooler. The inspection revealed that the fishermen kept a total of 110 black sea bass, of which 79 were undersized. Current New Jersey regulations allow fishermen to keep up to 10
black sea bass with a minimum length of 12.5 inches. Summonses were issued to the fishermen for the violations.
In mid-May, Lt. Harp was conducting surveillance of a large group of anglers targeting bluefish on the "T-jetty" in
Atlantic City when he observed two anglers that appeared to be targeting tautog. The anglers had a cooler hidden in
the rocks, which they were cautiously sliding tautog into when other fishermen were not watching. Upon inspection, Lt.
Harp apprehended the men with a total of 38 undersized tautog during the closed season. Multiple summonses were issued, and the angler's fishing
equipment was seized.

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Originally Posted by AndyS (Post 590153)

The captain and crew have no control over the fares on a party boat ?

Andy,

Not sure if your post is saying captains and crew have no responsibility for regulatory compliance on charters or if you're questioning if they do. The answer is they are responsible for their fares. I believe private boat owners or whoever is captaining the vessel are equally legally responsible for compliance by anyone fishing on the boat.

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Originally Posted by AndyS (Post 590153)

The captain and crew have no control over the fares on a party boat ?

Its my understanding that its on the customer if they retain questionable fish. I worked on another boat for a couple of trips and this is how the Captain explained it to me.The crew should advise the customer that they are breaking the law. The crew should also refuse to process the fish and return them to the customer. Ignorance is no excuse. Most Captains that I know don't tolerate it and won't hesitate to ban someone who won't follow the law. If the fish is in my hand and its short its going over. I haven't had to deal with it very many times and just refused to fillet the fish when it happened.
Hopefully one of the Captains will chime in on this issue.

I just can't believe some of these people didn't sign up for the Saltwater Registry, I mean the nerve !!

A NJ Conservation Police Officer asked me if I had a Saltwater Registry card when I was fishing in Manasquan Inlet this spring.