Commission approves NJ option for summer flounder

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Originally Posted by JBird

Indeed, the APP stinks on the web too.

So for us guys not in Delaware Bay there is zero change to our season...right?
Alrighty then

Perhaps these bureaucrats can see to it that whatever they do with sea bass would they please for the love of everything holy make the fall season start the day after fluke season ends.
When the stripers aren't really going yet and fluke season ends having nothing but porgy sucks.
I'm not asking for MORE sea bass, I'm just asking that the sea bass we ARE given be in season immediately after fluke ends.
Adjustments could be made if we had any sort of flexibility.
If I'm not mistaken, typically at the end of fluke season (early Fall) sea bass is primarily an inshore fishery. Why not a "special" season inshore for a few weeks or a month where a smaller bag would be acceptable to anglers and captains not travelling many miles offshore. 10 fish? 8 fish? Throw in some porgy, maybe some puffer. Maybe some triggers. People will go for that.
Take the same quota that we have been deemed worthy of having and spread it out more judiciously to aid in the fishing economy.
In the winter when the big knuckleheads are offshore make it 15 again so it's worth the trip.
As they are now the season(s) for sea bass are ridiculous. A month during fluke season at 15 then July you get 2 until August, when you get zilch until October 22. Then you 15 for 2 1/2 months at 15 again. Then the door slams shut. Happy New Year.

Say, take that month during May and June when most boats are concentrating on fluke and reallocate 5 of those 15. Or maybe make it 8 and 7. Whatever kind of split so that we have a more viable fishery during that gap in the Fall between fluke and striped bass. All the while maintaining the exact quota for the year. Not a single fish more, not a single fish less but a more equitable deal for everyone who has skin in the game.

My 2 cents.

agree 100%