Stripers-Are you in or out?

[pgoins]

Originally Posted by Capt Sal Cathy Sea Charters

Will the new bag limit cut down the number of trips you do? If you are a true sportsman you are there for the rush. Stripers are a game fish and although they are good table fare the fight is what we all want. My motto has always been, a nice day on the water and a fresh fish dinner is a winner! As you all know to keep two bass one must be 43" or better. So what!!! One 28-40" is a big bag of fillet. There will be limits this year even with this new restriction. I would say in this day and age that most fisherman are out there for the sport rather than trying to fill the freezer.

Whether we like it or not the new bag limit is here and don't let it ruin the sport we all love. New Jersey will still have trophy tags available. This comes from the commercial quota. I will post more about this when I get more info in the upcoming weeks. Spring will be here soon so make your plans and book your favorite charter boat and frequent your pb also.

I'm confused...From everything I read they only changed the size limit. No the Bag. Although, I would agree that the new size range will limits 95% of all trips to one fish per man.

My answer is no. No change to how often I fish for bass.

[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.

[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.