Targeting Striped Bass During Closes Season

[aduma1107]

Originally Posted by AustinS

You can post your "I'm sorry you were correct" post at any time.

Don't hold your breath, just expect another aimless response

[RBC67]

Illegal

[007Hookem]

Welp....Looks like that's a closed case. Thanks for clarification harpoon.

[BK_Broiler]

Why can't I target "Bluefish"????? Whose to say that an angler was targeting Bass...

[Harpoon]

Originally Posted by BK_Broiler

Why can't I target "Bluefish"????? Whose to say that an angler was targeting Bass...

Go target bluefish then. The question from the prior thread was in regards to the legality of targeting bass during a closed season.

[shrimpman steve]

I'm confused. I thought the striped bass season didn't close in nj waters(inside 3 miles). I guess the regs are different inland. Is that the argument here.

Yes. Ocean side to 3nm is open year round. River, bays, ect closed January and February. Delaware river has its own set of regs that I'm not familiar with

Originally Posted by BK_Broiler

Why can't I target "Bluefish"????? Whose to say that an angler was targeting Bass...

Go for it. But I would bet you'd still get a ticket if the officer really wanted to write you one. F&G isn't as ignorant as many believe them to be (well maybe nancy corigan's "friends" are).

[AndyS]

After what happened in North Carolina I can't believe this is even an issue. Miles of dead TROPHY striped bass. Did anyone on here write a letter or voice concern about that ?

It just burns me up the time wasted picking one person apart. Can these laws or rules be changed ? Can you join a club that has a voice ? We do it all the time in freshwater, rules and regs are re wrttten all the time. I say find your contacts and see if these waters can be catch and release in the winter. Stocks change, write a letter, don't waste your time in the middle of the winter doing nothing, go to council meetings.

[Harpoon]

Was that the pic from 2011 right before the govt closed the comm season? Cause I'm trying to find the correlation between clearing up some confusion of the current NJ laws pertaining to backwater fishing and what you replied with.