2014 Fluke and Sea Bass Regulations Set

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Thanks paul for your hard work! Belows statement are in no way directed towards you--You work hard and are the messanger i don't shoot the messanger.
these are my feelings on the state of our fishery.

The sea bass regs are a joke. Why not eliminate the july / aug period when little to no one is fishing for sea bass and the 5 days in september.
Start the season the day fluke ends to give fishermen and party/charter boats capt"s something to fish for. Three weeks of no fluke, no sea bass, and added pressure on stripers most likely. A fishery in distress already!
As far as 9/27 being the end date it really doesn't matter what date they set as fluke will determine when it is over --usually the hurricane or storm that hits nj shore around labor day or so. Rarely have i had a chance to really see fluke that late in any numbers. Yea you get the occasional fish or two but mostly they boogied offshore before then.
Guess porgys , dogfish or yellow eyes are all we get.
Managment of our fishery is getting is getting to be real nonsense.
I need to carry a laptop to go seabassing so i don't break the stupid regs.
This year i talked to a ton of Capts who reported seabass 30' off the bottom in huge schools offshore. There is no shortage of sea bass yet we still get scraps.
Damn shame we can't get a fairly managed fishery.
This regionalization plan is going to kill us..does anyone really think that New york who had 2 fish and now has 5 will not be counted as overfished. Resulting in reduced bag limits for the REGION ---(NEW JERSEY) won't come out next year?
You will start hearing rumors of 2-3 fluke @ 18.5" for NJ in November for 2015. Count on it!
Sorry if my thoughts offend some of you folks it is just my opinion and lets hope im wrong but i highly doubt it.