Is There A Difference??????
 

Recently fished a NY boat.
As you may or may not know SEABASS is OUT OF SEASON.
Fluke limit 4
I proceed to catch and release 6 nice keeper seabass.
Two boat regulars catch 5 & 7 FLUKE. Both are over limit.
I was told by CAPT. to return SEABASS, BUT HE NEVER TOLD regulars to throw back fish OVER THE LIMIT!
Whats your thoughts???
Any difference?????

Re: Is There A Difference??????
 

maybe he didnt see? its eaiser to see an out of season fish over if a boat load of people have caught their individual limit ... just my opinion

Re: Is There A Difference??????
 

They where using heavy enough sinkers and maybe you weren't I think thats why they caught fluke and you caught sea bass lol two wrongs don't make a right and if it bothered that much open or mouth when it happened in New York not after the fact on NJfishing.com

Re: Is There A Difference??????
 

Some pb will tell people to keep fishing until there is a boat limit , not so much a man limit. If they were ethical anglers they would have followed the man limit. For example if a group of four friends fish together and share a cooler then they will usually fish until that cooler has a four man limit regardless of which angler is catching more. That I dont have a problem with. One night years ago I was on a night pb for stripers and we absolutely crushed them, not a huge fan of killing stripers, me and my two friends were releasing every fish when the captain says" reel em up we have a boat limit, we are done". I have a problem with a trip ending two hours early because people feel the need to keep more than their limit.

Re: Is There A Difference??????
 

Sounds like you need to find different boats. Talk with your feet.

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Did you use circle hooks after you got your limit of bass?

Re: Is There A Difference??????
 

KEEP YOUR LEGAL LIMIT....RETURN THE REST! Always play by the current rules despite advice of others.


Ya never know when the boat will be boarded by F & G so play it safe

Re: Is There A Difference??????
 

Worry about yourself and screw everyone else - find a different boat also

As long as I am in compliance everyone else could go scratch

I was out on a sea bass trip this week and caught a 3 to 4 lb flounder - that's right a flounder - not a fluke It is my absolute favorite fish in the world to catch and eat . It killed me and I cursed it but I threw it back .

Just my 2 cents - do whatever you are comfortable with

Good Luck

GDubs-:cool:

Re: Is There A Difference??????
 

Honestly didnt know about circle hooks back then, but they are not necessary if you know when to set the hook.;)
No fish I caught were harmed or kept . I dont have a problem with people keeping them, I will keep them occasionally if i feel the desire to eat them. Its the disregard for bag limits that bothers me.

HOOKEM N COOKEM!