Stripers-Are you in or out?

[bassnblues]

Bluefish are awesome. Spent many days on PB's chasing them when there were no stripers around.

[SplitShot]

What really pissed me off was going down to Chesapeake Bay to fish Thanksgiving weekend and seeing all the boats just filled with 18" bass.

[PAMonger]

Just my 2 cents, but openly saying "you can take them all away and I'll still go" kind of gives the powers that be more power to say, "ok, that's next year". Might be a topic best shown by action, not recorded publicly.

[CCMPmonmouth]

Originally Posted by PAMonger

Just my 2 cents, but openly saying "you can take them all away and I'll still go" kind of gives the powers that be more power to say, "ok, that's next year". Might be a topic best shown by action, not recorded publicly.

My point exactly. Civil disobedience is the only thing that works, and for gods sake stop " ratting" out your fellow man just because the govt. creates inequities.

[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.

[mike1010]

Originally Posted by CCMPmonmouth

My point exactly. Civil disobedience is the only thing that works, and for gods sake stop " ratting" out your fellow man just because the govt. creates inequities.

I didn't think that was what PAMonger was saying, though maybe I am wrong. But I do know that civil disobedience means being willing to face the consequences of breaking laws, to bring attention to and overturn those bad laws. Not being public about law-breaking is something else.

[stevejordan]

Originally Posted by bunker dunker

I love fishing plain and simple and limits and sizes would not make me fish any less.my only concerns are that the states to our north and to our south and of coarse the commercial fishing.i would rather keep 2 a day then see them dead floating on the surface killed in a net.

i dont know about further north on the coast but i wouldnt worry about the hudson... we dont have pbs or commercial guys killing a ton of bass. we do have a bunch of tounaments but our regs are supposed to change sometime in the next week or so and im hoping it eliminates the catch and kill tourneys. theyre also talking about a making it mandatory circle hooks which id be fine with

[Gerry Zagorski]

For me, these regs will not effect my fishing one bit, but I'm a private boater.

As for charter and party boats, I think the fishery and not limits will have more of an effect on who goes or stays home. If the fish are there and some good reports are posted people are going to fish, no matter what the limits are.

[Dino]

all for the new regs. you get your 1 fish, with the option to take or release that trophy class 43+ fish if you are lucky enough to connect. we love our American Striped Bass on the east coast. lets do what we can to let them thrive. maybe the next goal is 100lb (65" fork) minimum on another iconic east coast species we love to catch and eat... its blue, fast, and has a pointy nose...

[Capt. Debbie]

I don't know about that. Some people NEVER go fishing. You could say that is where regulators are headed too. Let the commercial guys catch your fish you.. sort of like a closed union shop.

Originally Posted by PAMonger

Just my 2 cents, but openly saying "you can take them all away and I'll still go" kind of gives the powers that be more power to say, "ok, that's next year". Might be a topic best shown by action, not recorded publicly.