Mahi in Barnegate Bay

[Fishin Dude]

I'd hate to be the guy who forgot to put the drain plug in the fish box, might take awhile to live that one down, kinda like when I forget to shut off the raw water intake only to find everything I stored in the livewell floating around, who knows what really happened. I just went to net some peanuts for tomorrow and 2 different passersby gave me an ear full. In a public Marina/Park setting, leaves a bad impression of our sport.

[rumster]

Complete *******s!!!!

[NoLimit]

It’s just as likely that a big cooler with all the fish was put on the gunnel before hopping down to the trailer and it went overboard. It’s hard to imagine that someone was trying to avoid getting caught by dumping the fish at the ramp.

[Broad Bill]

Originally Posted by NoLimit

It’s just as likely that a big cooler with all the fish was put on the gunnel before hopping down to the trailer and it went overboard. It’s hard to imagine that someone was trying to avoid getting caught by dumping the fish at the ramp.

No one other than the person / people responsible know what happened but a cooler falling over at the launch would just require a net or gaff to retrieve them in water that shallow. Whatever the reason, sad to see fish of any nature killed and let go to waste. Why would anyone discard fish at a ramp? If they're not on their boat and not seen tossing them overboard if a CO was in the vicinity, they can't be fined. All they'd need to say is someone else must have dumped them.

[NoLimit]

"Hey, did you grab the cooler off the boat"

"No, I thought you did!"