Poll for Fluke Options 2024

[Gerry Zagorski]

Sorry everyone. This post and poll are closed... Please use this post to cast or recast you vote again https://www.njfishing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122433


Well lets try this again.... These are the options the state will be submitting to the ASMFC that are expected to be approved. If they are approved, the state will be looking for public comments on them.

One very important thing this year that is different from past years, these regulations will be in place for 2 years.

Please take the poll and if you'd like, feel free to comment about the option you chose, why and please, lets try and keep politics out of it.

Further, if you really want your voice to be heard don't stop here, be sure to submit your comments during the formal comment period. I'll be sure to let you know when that is and how to go about it here.

I would also strongly suggest making your voice heard in the official meeting on 3/7 when the final regulations will be decided.

Please feel free to share this post by copying this link https://www.njfishing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122431 and pasting it on to social sites or emailing it to other groups or organizations you belong to.

[Gerry Zagorski]

You should see the poll now... If you don't please let me know...

[hammer4reel]

Looks like your days are off .
Last option is 111 days looking at calender
Option 2 would be 124 days

[Gerry Zagorski]

Looks like your days are off .
Last option is 111 days looking at calender
Option 2 would be 124 days

Got it thanks Dan....Last option was my mistake, I picked it up wrong. When I looked at option 2 they must have miscalculated on their spreadsheet, either the dates are wrong or the number of days are..

Both correct now, I hope :)

[duranautic al]

No brainer... 3 fish@18''...5/4-9/25

[cool hand fluke]

I selected three fish at 18 inches going to September 25.
Some of the best fluking can be experienced in mid to late September…that is the main reason for my choice. Last year‘s September fluking was absolutely incredible!
Thanks for sharing the poll and the options Gerry.

[hartattack]

How is Option 1 viable if we must adhere to 28% reduction?

[Gerry Zagorski]

How is Option 1 viable if we must adhere to 28% reduction?

Good question Larry. Let me see if I can get an explanation.

[Broad Bill]

Heart, great point. In 2021, NJ had 3 @ 18", season 5/22 - 9/19 or 121 days. How do any of these options result in a 28% reduction, especially Option 3 with the same daily bag and minimum size limit but having 24 more days in the season than 2021, or help the stock if commercial fishing practices aren't addressed and the spawn of this stock protected which these a$&#@?!s refuse to address?

No matter what option is picked, another will be chosen, commercial will continue slamming the stock year round, harvesting fish recs are releasing while killing younger age classes en masse. They haven't learned harvesting all breeders of older age classes is not how you sustain or grow a fishery and is not how you manage recruitment.

So choose what you want, no one in the rec sector will be unified, the final regs as always will piss most off and not address problems the fishery itself is having. The commercial sector will continue getting treated with kid gloves being given preferential treatment every year to support catch values. Same story, different chapter every year.

[pddmd]

Option #1 is listed as a reference point so that people understand the starting point from which the 28% reduction must come from. Status quo is not a viable option.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Option #1 is listed as a reference point so that people understand the starting point from which the 28% reduction must come from. Status quo is not a viable option.

Thank you Dr Pat... One more question that has come up that I hope you can shed some light on for us. I assume that the only way there will be different regs for fishing from shore will be if option 6 is chosen? And if that is correct, is from shore defined as any shore along our entire coast or will there be specific areas this applies to?

[pddmd]

Yes that option applies to all land based fishing. There was a great deal of discussion about the State finding a way to expand the current regulations at IBSP and Cape May to all Federal and State Parks. Hope to see that proposal move forward no matter what option is chosen

[Gerry Zagorski]

Yes that option applies to all land based fishing. There was a great deal of discussion about the State finding a way to expand the current regulations at IBSP and Cape May to all Federal and State Parks. Hope to see that proposal move forward no matter what option is chosen

Thanks, I think that's a lot more fair and equitable.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Only 21 votes for now but the early results indicate 81% of people favor the options with no slots...

[Crabcake74]

I always say go for the longest season even if the minimum size has to go an inch. Everyone in the industry benefits from this.

[FishingSinceIWasThree]

Well lets try this again.... These are the options the state will be submitting to the ASMFC that are expected to be approved. If they are approved, the state will be looking for public comments on them.

One very important thing this year that is different from past years, these regulations will be in place for 2 years.

Please take the poll and if you'd like, feel free to comment about the option you chose, why and please, lets try and keep politics out of it.

Further, if you really want your voice to be heard don't stop here, be sure to submit your comments during the formal comment period. I'll be sure to let you know when that is and how to go about it here.

I would also strongly suggest making your voice heard in the official meeting on 3/7 when the final regulations will be decided.

Please feel free to share this post by copying this link https://www.njfishing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122431 and pasting it on to social sites or emailing it to other groups or organizations you belong to.

What is the link for the poll?

[Gerry Zagorski]

What is the link for the poll?

If you look above the string of posts here you should see it and you just need to click on "vote now" and you can also see the results of the poll.

[dales529]

3 fish @ 18 05/04 to 09/25. Dont want to give up sept fluking! Would be OK with a later start to get a slot.
Dont understand why anyone would vote for a 09/04 closure with seabass at 10/01 open. Empty ocean for a month ouch

[dales529]

What is the link for the poll?

Just sign in and the poll will be open at the top allowing you to vote.

[Duffman]

Seriously does this matter at all?

Show me when public opinion swayed a vote.

Depressing as hell.

[Angler Paul]

THE START DATE FOR THE 3 AT 17.5 " IS NOT CORRECT. THE SEASON ON THAT OPTION WOULD BEGIN ON 5/24, NOT 5/4. PAUL H.

[Gerry Zagorski]

THE START DATE FOR THE 3 AT 17.5 " IS NOT CORRECT. THE SEASON ON THAT OPTION WOULD BEGIN ON 5/24, NOT 5/4. PAUL H.

Got it thanks Paul!