Fluke Meeting/Why We Should Support a Longer Season

[SaltyJim]

8 fish bag limit.. and 18in.. I agree.. The longer season is worth the extra 1/2in and bag limit.. loose 23 days and 3 fish just to keep only 5, 17 and 1/2in fish is crazy.. Last season was one of the best.. There is no need to drop size limit..

[JBird]

Personally, I think 8 fish is a lot. 6 fish with a lower size limit would be fine as very few people limit with 8 anyway. People would still pay to keep 6.

Almost all of our "options" are 8 at 18" with various different season lengths. How were these season lengths determined? I don't understand how size and bag can remain the same under such varying season lengths.

Go ahead and keep the season long but how about this: up until around Memorial day limit the bag to 1 fish at 17". This will cover incidental catches. (Like doormats trolled on Stretch plugs) From then on 6 fish at 17".

There are a lot of 17-18 inch fish out there from my experience working deck.
Also, there is no law against releasing big fluke...something to consider in non-pool, non-tournament situations.

[Capt. Lou]

Smaller size limits will probably cause us to overfish our allotted tonnGe, which would in turn limit future seasons. Early slots are to confusing to keep track of,stausquo 18" fish, plenty around.
I'm not for giving up season length for shorter fish , you may fish yourself into a corner, look at NY!

[wrktoomuch]

Well said Angler Paul. You can speak for me and many others.

[NoWorries]

Originally Posted by Capt. Lou

Smaller size limits will probably cause us to overfish our allotted tonnGe, which would in turn limit future seasons. Early slots are to confusing to keep track of,stausquo 18" fish, plenty around.
I'm not for giving up season length for shorter fish , you may fish yourself into a corner, look at NY!

I will be present on Thursday at the meeting and am in favor of the 18" May5 -Oct 21 season for this reason plus we are very close to having rebuilt this fishery. Personally my I only log 18" keepers and haven't tracked shorts. I know my numbers would go way up. Tackle shops in my area seem to favor this one too.

[Topeka Boy]

Wouldn't a longer season and a bag limit of 8 fish put a lot of pressure on the fluke and hurt future size and bag limits.

[Sidewinder]

Originally Posted by NoWorries

plus we are very close to having rebuilt this fishery. Personally my I only log 18" keepers and haven't tracked shorts.

Ummm The stock has been rebuilt for 4 years already maybe 5. This crap they are pulling now is all about politics not about the fluke.

When the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act was imposed and a finite time frame to rebuild fluke stocks that have fell to a record low was implemented, they gave themselves a 10 year time frame starting in 2000. IMHO by 2007 the stock was rebuilt but to them they still needed more, so the kept this charade going and then said well we will not make the 10 year deadline so lets impose stricter laws.

These people are idiots and if you think for one second the fluke stock isn't rebuilt, you need to go fluking more often.

This isn't about the stocks any longer it is like I have stated before about politics...

[SNAPS]

Originally Posted by Sidewinder

Ummm The stock has been rebuilt for 4 years already maybe 5. This crap they are pulling now is all about politics not about the fluke.

When the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act was imposed and a finite time frame to rebuild fluke stocks that have fell to a record low was implemented, they gave themselves a 10 year time frame starting in 2000. IMHO by 2007 the stock was rebuilt but to them they still needed more, so the kept this charade going and then said well we will not make the 10 year deadline so lets impose stricter laws.

These people are idiots and if you think for one second the fluke stock isn't rebuilt, you need to go fluking more often.

This isn't about the stocks any longer it is like I have stated before about politics...

Sidewinder I agree, also anyone can justify anything,SO WHAT PAUL IS SAYING IS THAT we can't control ourselves ?, so we beat up on one species so we don't beat up on another ? what kind of pretzel logic is that ? longer seaon huh ? what happened last year irene blew through and shut IT down, we lost the longer season, and how many times do weekend warriors really limit out ? especially on a party boat ? they give us options and make us think they are doing us a favor, ALMOST same as when you want a kid to do something he dont want to do, therefore you give him one or more WORSE options, hence he has no choice but to pick the option you want him to choose.
Their numbers are skewed PERIOD.