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Originally Posted by reason162
how do you feel about the bag vs. size limit?
-roger
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If I had the only voice in deciding, I would opt for something along the lines of a season from May1-September 30 with a bag limit of 6 with a minimum of 18"s.
The way I see it, there are always going to be sharpies that will limit/near limit almost every trip out. Those same sharpies (as well as others) usually make several trips a week. So lets say they make 2 trips a week; limit on 1 trip and get a near limit the next. So thats at least 14 or 15 fluke kept. They do this for say 10 weeks. Thats one person keeping 140-150 fluke in just 10 weeks. I don't care how much you like eatting fluke, no one is going to eat that much fluke (lets not forget that these same fisherman are more than likely filling their freezers with other species during the year). So what are they doing with all that fluke fillet ? Certainly they are eatting & freezing some but they're probably also giving some to neighbors, bartering some or whatever.
I just feel that a 6 fluke bag limit will best satisfy all; the sharpies, the weekend party boater & the guy who goes 2-3 times a year. In addition to dimishing the dockside hero mentallity of having to achieve an 8 fluke limit every trip.
Thus out of the options given and for my reasons stated above I think option 5 is best because it is closest to the season/bag limit I would set if I was the one & only to decide.
