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Originally Posted by broken bobber
Mick and Gerry.... i guess its me... but try and understand my thinking on this.....
Its NOT, oh 5 fish is enough for anyone why complain about not keeping 8....
Its about what this could lead to when the People in charge of decisions claim we have now over fished this season so next year we HAVE TO GO TO 3 or possibly 2 fish in 2013/2014.....yea yea it sounds crazy right..... tell the guys in NY that after looking at the past practices.....
Honestly... would you be happy keeping only 2 or 3 fish at 17.5 inches this year.... come on
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.. I understand the way fishery management has been that is DEFINETLY a concern , but since most of the surveys show the majority of fluke in our waters are 16-16 1/2" I dont think (AND HOPE ) that doesnt happen. I think if anything we did catch alot more keepers when It was at 16" just becasue that was the size most available on hand.
Hopefully them setting the bag limit of 5 at 17 1/2" eliminates the chance of over fishing.
Plus If done correctly since its based on Tonage and not Number of fish caught . some smaller fish should show less total weight caught per angler ??
New yorks regs are based on Montauk ETC where each fish caught is like catching 3 fish here at 18" weight wise .
There limit reflects that , catch 3, 4 pounders that 12 pounds of fish , same as us keeping 6 , 2 pounders etc
.Just them basing it on weight and not fish caught puts us behind the 8 ball as all those bigger fish take away from the total much faster
