cleaning fish

[Rocky]

Originally Posted by River2C

I keep the white skin and the strip of the filet along the fins for the next trip out for bait. Do you think they would harass me over that?

YES. You must have a legal size rack on board to match the ribbons.

[Bates]

The inspecting Officer told me the fine would be $50 a ribbon if a NJ Fish and Game Warden finds any on your boat. Except the ones matching the rack you retained.

[River2C]

Thanks for the reply, That really stinks. That's a little over kill. I guess I'll keep one rack next time to go with the ribbons

[1captainron]

With all the problems in the World...God forbid you get caught with a Frigging Fluke skin for bait with-out the rack. WTF have we become....rules are rules but it has gone beyond reality anymore.
Seems they really believe the old saying that "All Fishermen" are liars!

$50 for a Ribbon, that's some bullshit right there. Forget using it for bait, save them and sell them to the Sushi place, they charge big $$$$ for them!!!

[River2C]

Just another little twist on the Non cleaning of fish at sea, I understand the size limit issue. But now we have tons of biomass that could go back into the ecosystem , instead we fill the landfills with the dead racks. So much for feeding the crabs and bait fish.