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Originally Posted by Billfish715
Allen: You are so right about the flounder in N.J. back in the day! When was the last time any of the PP party boats made a left into the river and went under the 35 bridge and set up shop at the end of the canal or better yet, just west of the 35 bridge during the spring run? Will we ever see that again? Do the AH party boats ever go up the river any more? With today's size and bag limits, would it pay for them to do so? You've got me reminiscing about the inshore ling, whiting, and mackerel fishing back then too. Again, I ask the same question.....Will we ever see that again?
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I can tell you when - when the regs were at 10 fish per man!
2 fish per man on a half day with very inconsistent fishing is a joke.
The only viable "fishery" for party and charter boats for winter flounder w/ the current regs is the deep water wreck trips (which we do a lot of!) from June-September. We caught our boat "limit" several times and every trip we had at least a few. FWIW, having fished the deep water wrecks consistently for 5 years now last summer was the best we've seen.
Some pics below from this past summer's fishery. All but one in the pics were caught on ling hooks, hi lo rigs, and huge hunks of clam lol - no chum pots, no worms
