[Billfish715]

Just to add to my point.......if the males live about three years and then die, the majority are probably about 17". What do we do with the 17" males that will not live more than another year? We "have" to throw them back so they can die! How does that make sense? The information about the southern flounder restoration program is available on various sites for you to read. The fact that the biologists are able to force the females into spawning several times a year is also very interesting.

There is information that the federal scientists perhaps are not adding into their formulas. Common sense is certainly not one of those factors. How can the size limits one year be 15" and the next 15.5" and the next 16" etc. and the fish keep growing and keep being caught without being wiped out? If the size limit was 17", there would still be plenty of 17" fish next year to keep everyone happy. In fact, there would be plenty of 17.5" & 18" fish as well.

I've been around for quite a few seasons and I can't ever remember a time when there were no fluke to catch! I support bag limits but seriously have to question the current size limits. There are fluke in the rivers and and inlets. They are along the beaches and on the reefs. They can be caught in 8 feet or 80 feet. The current suggestions of overfishing and stricter controls by the government representatives will have to be taken to court for them to prove their formulas are based on solid scientific data and are in the best interest of the general public. The fish belong to everyone and we should not continue to surrender our interests to the goals of the governmental bureaucrats....if they even care what the interests of the people are.