Late Report Eastmans Fipps Pollack CRUSHING

[fishark531]

Last Friday I had a group Charter with Eastmans fleet. Originally it was supposed to be a 3 AM to 8 PM trip to Platts for Haddock, Pollack , Cusk but Captain Phil said he would take the 18 I had signed up for this trip to Fipps

LEGITIMATE NUMBERS

Close to 1200 Pollack for 18 Anglers

We had 3 hours of Non stop double and triple headers

It was SICK

[AndyS]

Awesome !!!

[fishark531]

Not posting the names of the Anglers because I doubt any of you would know them. A few of you know me

[tombanjo]

Great fishing. So roughly 500lbs per man @ an average 8lbs (?) per fish. Wonder what you do with 500lbs of fish? Is there a commerical aspect to this? I don't know what kind of regs on selling there are up there. Not trying to make trouble, just curious.

[fishark531]

I will help Educate you

There are NO Limits on Pollack retention and I did not weigh the fish but most guys walked off the boat with well over 100 lbs of fillets each

[Flukemeister1]

I don't know about you but my family could easily eat 100 pounds of Pollack in a year. I want to go fishing up there. I have a wedding over Labor Day in Maine I may have to stop there on the way home.

[arat]

This is pathetic, 1200 fish for 18 guys.
Assuming you get 5lbs of fillet on average per fish that's 333.33lbs of fillets per guy! I don't care who you are or how much fish you eat. That's just gross waste. And abuse of a resource

[Capt. Lou]

This is what happens when one fishery is closed &' another exhibits severe limits, they must target a marginal species to maintain a business ! It's not there fault ask Feds what happens next ! Pollock & whiting limits enacted then all who fish this region are shafted.
It's a mess & no end in sight , anglers paying a dear price for years of mismanagement !!

[MohawkJD]

This is the best I could find right now.

http://www.savingseafood.org/other-n...an-believe-in/

[blkbear]

Originally Posted by arat

This is pathetic, 1200 fish for 18 guys.
Assuming you get 5lbs of fillet on average per fish that's 333.33lbs of fillets per guy! I don't care who you are or how much fish you eat. That's just gross waste. And abuse of a resource

Lots of those fish are sent to food banks, These fish are caught in an area the avg person never gets to so you are wrong about abuse. not one fish on these trips are wasted.