Keeping short fluke

[Duffman]

Man its been a long and really cold winter. Just didn't realize it was THIS long and cold! Guys chomping at the bit to argue with someone! All good I guess, gives ya something to do till the thaw.

For the record, yup, I'm keeping some fluke for the table that are "close". IMO the rec guys aren't the problem and keeping a 17 3/4" fish isn't going to kill the fishery.

I'm no rat, so reporting guys just aint my style either.

Although I'm confused over the whole pirate flag thing? Did pirates keep short or out of season fish? Were there regs back then?...

I'm done commenting. Have fun arguing boys.

[crabby]

personally i think their should be different regulations for those fishing inlets and jettys, there odds of catching legal size fish are much slimmer than the chances of us fishing on a boat. and a lot of them look like they are truly trying to feed themselves…..

[SaltLife1980]

The size is not the issue.. the bag limit is..

[shrimpman steve]

I always have abided by the rules. But what do you do when those making the rules are corrupt? Yes corrupt, they clearly ignored the will of the people as they do year after year.

You rebel and revolt.

[bigal427]

A old timer said to me when the first fluke regs came out years ago "They are going to make outlaws out of all of us". Now I can see it happening. Whalefart the name fits

[team heat]

Hey shrimpman it seems to me the only way to deal with a these lousy politiians is to play there own dirty game.why dont the chater and party boats charge a little more and donate the extra money to our own political action corp.A 501c corp and start handing out campaign contribuions to all theiese dirty politicitians.All of uf recreational fisherman could send in donations or give at flea markets fishing shows etc.Maybe we could all buy hats,tee shirts and all that kind of stuff and donate the money.You could even include sporting good stores and bait and tackle shops to to have a jar at the counter to donate or charge a little more and donate that also to these crooks.Just trying to think of somethind thats not been tried before because forming the RFA,writing letters and rallys didnt work.I say pay the bastards off.

[jmurr711]

size isn't the issue. we gave up a fish to go to 17.5 which i hated because i was always taught not to give up the bag limit because its never coming back, but i was happy for the guys in the southern ports of nj, as 18 inch fish are much harder to come by but i knew in the long run it would f#ck us all & now north & south we all lost a fish & gained .5 inches.Ny feels victorious & Nj feels defeated it just sucks all around. My biggest complaint is with the bag limit now at 4 my tomato plants are going to be hurting as whole fluke carcasses make the best fertilizer.

[Reel Class]

the whole entire system flat-out sucks and any reasonable solution that comes as a result of REAL science based on REAL numbers will be shunned by any decision maker since it doesn't favor the big $$$ corporations that are now, for all intents and purposes, running this country...

So many anglers in this state and along our coast feel defeated at this point - it's a sad state of affairs

[Capt. JJ]

Simple solution if youre a charter boat captain:

Go to Belford. Buy 20 fresh, legally-caught, commercial fluke.....meh....about 15". Keep your receipt.

Take your 6 pack charter out...let em catch and release all the freaking short, 17.85", fluke they want...all day long, keeping the 4-5 legits in the box.

Let them take the 20 keepers home....this way, everyone keeps some meat. Charge a bit more to the charter up front to pay for the Belford meat.

Oh wait:

This would throw business to a bunch of other "pirates".

Ok....where were those Asian jettys again with the "keep what you catch" rules??????

JJ


(As always, this message is meant purely for fun and not to be confused as anything remotely serious. Except for the part about the "keep what you catch" jettys)

[Flygaff]

I just finished doing my taxes. I paid a little over $26K state and federal. I generally throw back 90 percent of the fish I catch on any given day. If I want to eat fish on a particular day. I will keep it whatever the size. The fishery problem is not with the recreational community, it is the commercials and and the political appointee's that manage them and us.