Releasing fish with Baratrauma

[hammer4reel]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

While I feel these sorts of devices are beneficial, not sure I agree if it should be mandated since the last thing we need is more mandates. I do however think it would be appropriate to educate people that these devices are available and encourage their use.

I disagree , go out to the deep water reef in the spring and watch how many short floaters you see out there because guys are LAZY.

Oh it’s too much work for a head boat , which are the first ones to bitch there isn’t anything to fish for .

Add up the losses everyday for the spring season , it probably exceeds the number of fish kept .


Already states mandating these devices are used for many years already , no reason for NJ to not join those PROTECTING their fisheries . Instead of being more concerned with an inconvenience.

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