Stripers-Are you in or out?

[Dino]

Originally Posted by tunajoe

Unfortunately, I think there will be a impact on the industry. Most of us here on the boards are respectful of the resource. However, for the average fisherman who is not that serious about it, they might be reluctant to go and opt for fishing for another species when they are around. Just look at what happened when the regs changed for bluefins. One per boat made it very difficult for many to even want to go on a trip. In the past, I just could not get enough guys together for a bluefin trip when the limit was 1 fish. All in all, there will be an impact on the stripers. They need to target those commercial fuc#ers.

to me that was a positive impact of the 1/boat bluefin regs... as a tuna fisherman.. can you imagine if it were 1, or 2 per person, you would have party boats, open boat charter boats, all kinds of bayliners and pleasure boats, all out on the bluefin grounds... everyone dragging the same rainbow spreader bars and raining down jigs like aerial bombardment . dont forget ...we used to catch school bluefins 5-15 miles off.. now you have to run 60 miles, and arrive before sunrise if its a weekend. was that due to rec fishing? no..no it was purse seiners..agreed. but purely for selfish reasons.. isn't it better to fish bluefins now than if there was a strong industry for them? been the to the atlantic princess in the summer on a flat day recently? its a parking lot as it is! .. 1 per boat is a common sense regulation... cutting down participation is sometimes the point.. i dont really want there to be a rec "industry" for bluefins at all.. in my humble opinion..

[fish643]

One at 28" is fine for me. I love to be on the water and the pursuit of the fish.
Whatever the limit is will not change how much I fish.

[NJ Dave]

I think the fares would be close to or the same. Most of us fish for the sport and filets just make it a better day.
It will be interesting to see what captains do once a boat full of legal 28 inch fish are caught.
How many will mix the day up such as running for blues drifting for fluke or sea bassing if its open or will they say no big bass are around to limit out so lets call it a day.
like said in previous posts we pay for the day not for the catch

[Capt Sal]

Originally Posted by NJ Dave

I think the fares would be close to or the same. Most of us fish for the sport and filets just make it a better day.
It will be interesting to see what captains do once a boat full of legal 28 inch fish are caught.
How many will mix the day up such as running for blues drifting for fluke or sea bassing if its open or will they say no big bass are around to limit out so lets call it a day.
like said in previous posts we pay for the day not for the catch

No captains are going to say "There are no big bass around and call it a day''. That was a different tread and that captain is the exception not the norm! Play cr and enjoy the day. If you fishing in an area were can switch over to bottom fish I am sure that will happen also. Remember it is easier for six guys on a charter to agree on switching over to fluke than a party boat were not everyone knows each other. Many times we did well on bass on Shrewsbury Rocks early in the morning and when the bite died we switched to fluke.

[Take a kid fishing]

I don't see this changing the number of trips I take. I do see it changing how long the PBs will stay on them if the fishing is poor. With these rules they should repeal the 3 mile limit.

[BCinerie]

I fished for them 1
Day last year! Thanks to the shrimp curse I did not catch, with the new regs may try it 1
Time this year too!

[Capt Sal]

Originally Posted by Take a kid fishing

I don't see this changing the number of trips I take. I do see it changing how long the PBs will stay on them if the fishing is poor. With these rules they should repeal the 3 mile limit.

Catch 22? Then commercial guys will wipe them out. Game fish status with no commercial quota at all would be a great thing. Wishful thinking. We don't have a clue what is out there beyond three miles. Niether does fishery management. When you reduce the area on the entire East coast to three miles out how could anyone possibly get any idea what so ever of what the biomass is of striped bass ?