1/3 cut to sea bass. This is what our sea bass season could look like

[DanR]

There are three options total. There all kind of zany if you ask me. In season closures. One option has a one week season at the start of Sept. I guess that's for Labor Day.

http://www.app.com/story/sports/outdoors/fishing/hook-line-and-sinker/2015/03/25/sea-bass-regulations-reductions-management-options/70444908/

[frugalfisherman]

#3 obviously sucks because the best fishing is October. Guys will say "yeah but offshore later is better". $200 dollar trip for 15 fish I don't think so. The other 2 are a wash.

[tautog]

I would pick 3, more fishing days and more during the spring season.

[shrimpman steve]

Horrible

[Gerry Zagorski]

Ridiculous....All the options :mad:

[bigal427]

They all suck and take away the best inshore fishing in October

[kurtisb]

The private boats are killing us. Hahaha, such BS.

The Massachusetts private boats alone out-fished all east coast party and charter boats combined by a 2 to 1 margin.

MRIP's estimate that only NOAA believes.

MA Private Boats
2014 MAY/JUNE BLACK SEA BASS 603,442 lbs.

All US Party/Charter
2014 MAY/JUNE BLACK SEA BASS 340,560 lbs.

[Capt. Jerry P]

They all suck considering how healthy the seabass are

I would say option 1 only lose 2 days from other options in spring... and have real bag limit from late Oct thru end of year.

Will lose aug but it's 3 fish

They add the days up so it's sounds like a longer season but I wouldn't count 2 or 3 seabass bag limit as days of a season more like a by catch

1 would give us most days at 15 fish bag

Did I mention they all suck lol real shame the party boat fleet can't enjoy any winter time fishing

The private boats are killing us. Hahaha, such BS.

The Massachusetts private boats alone out-fished all east coast party and charter boats combined by a 2 to 1 margin.

MRIP's estimate that only NOAA believes.

MA Private Boats
2014 MAY/JUNE BLACK SEA BASS 603,442 lbs.

All US Party/Charter
2014 MAY/JUNE BLACK SEA BASS 340,560 lbs.

Must b some real sharpies up there :p ridiculous #s

[arat]

SCREW THE REGS take your shot and catch as many as you want. I'm for conservation but sea bass are thick and there is an insane amount of small fish every year which would lead you to believe the breeding population Is healthy.

[Foul Hook]

Option 4 try and catch me. They are making pirates out of all of us!

[GDubya07]

Seriously , isn't the Seabass population rebuilt and we are getting cut 1/3 :confused:

We obviously are not paying off the correct people

WOW- :eek:

GDubs-:cool:

[bunker dunker]

x2,buy more fillet knives

[TAGGED FISH]

Until these inbreds make reasonable regulations everyone should set a reasonable personal limit weather it be for a dinner or a few packages in the freezer. F**kem..

[Capt.Yasar]

Complex Rules = Job security for rule makers and decipherers.

[dales529]

As always its a little premature. There are still ongoing negotiations on this and the options presented may not be accurate. Stay tuned


Still being discussed is
A) the real problem: THE QUOTA is too SMALL based on the real stocks so there is a slim possibility that could change.
B) Status Quo (Last years regs) but that takes other states to agree and we all know fishermen and working together::rolleyes::

Support your fishing groups as you may not think so but we cant affect change without it. Could it all be better, of course but without it :eek:

And yes Capt Adam is fighting as always

[tautog]

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.


Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We extort and pilfer, we filch and sack.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
Maraud and embezzle and even highjack.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.


Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We kindle and char and enflame and ignite.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
We burn up the city, we're really a fright.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.


We're rascals and scoundrels, we're villains and knaves.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
We're devils and black sheep, we're really bad eggs.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.


Yo ho, you ho, a pirate's life for me.
We're beggars and blighters and ne'er do-well cads,
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
Aye, but we're loved by our mommies and dads,
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.

[Capt.Yasar]

Hey tautog, can you post an autio link or a youtube url? :D

[hofnodinstructor]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A19q7rysLs

[snapperbluefish101]

Option 3 does not seem bad. Someone mentioned in the other post that we do not need a spring season and that does not seem very irrational, as there is Winter Flounder, Ling, Bluefish, Stripers, Cod, Pollock, and Fluke to be caught then. I also like the idea of a 14" size limit. I like to keep Sea Bass whole and use up all the meat on the fish. The bigger the fish, the more meat for the grill or oven. I think fares on the charter or party boats should keep a majority of their BSB whole then fillet 'em all. Less waste I believe. You get more bang for ya buck.

Any thoughts?

[Castaway]

Why does every option include 2 months of 15 bag limit in the winter when 90% of us don't target them that time of year!? I understand there are a few head boats that go but almost the whole season in November and December? Total bulls**t!

[frugalfisherman]

The more they tighten the rules the more I enjoy breaking them.

[Capt Sal]

Option 3 does not seem bad. Someone mentioned in the other post that we do not need a spring season and that does not seem very irrational, as there is Winter Flounder, Ling, Bluefish, Stripers, Cod, Pollock, and Fluke to be caught then. I also like the idea of a 14" size limit. I like to keep Sea Bass whole and use up all the meat on the fish. The bigger the fish, the more meat for the grill or oven. I think fares on the charter or party boats should keep a majority of their BSB whole then fillet 'em all. Less waste I believe. You get more bang for ya buck.

Any thoughts?

How will that help the for hire boats son?

[tuna john]

We all complain, hopefully everyone sent in comments and letters. It all comes down to using bsht mrip data. We need to get the crap data tossed and things will turn around when real estimates are used and not make believe.

[snapperbluefish101]

How will that help the for hire boats son?

There is nothing wrong with the bottom Party boats that fish for Sea Bass in the Spring to instead keep on Ling and Codfishing. Seems like a pretty tasty alternative... Cod and Ling fishing should be good in May and June.

[tautog]

Cod stock is is very bad shape and few ling have been seen since last October. Sea bass are recovered so we should go back to the liberal limits we were promised.

[dales529]

We all complain, hopefully everyone sent in comments and letters. It all comes down to using bsht mrip data. We need to get the crap data tossed and things will turn around when real estimates are used and not make believe.

Give this man a cigar! Dead on TJ

[Capt Joe]

The more they tighten the rules the more I enjoy breaking them.

Only one problem Bruce, the yerkoff fishing next to you with his cell phone dialed in to Fish and Game. You know the guy...Jim Goodytwoshoes, saving the world from the rest of us.:mad:

[dakota560]

Not going to release decent size fish anymore to subsidize commercial fisheries and retail interests so they can charge $20 lb for undersized fish at the market. And two flounder a person for flounder when for all practical purposes the season has been closed for about the last five years, tell me why that fishery isn't rebuilt or are commercial guys still destroying it with offshore dragging. For the amount of eggs each flounder lays every year if that fishery isn't completely rebuilt than the only reason is they're being pounded offshore by draggers. Every HUGE winter flounder we catch in the mud hole during summer trips this year is going in the cooler. Why should we spend $150 to $200 a trip only to let fish go so we can buy smaller ones at retail for $20 a pound! Government is stealing our share of a public resource and profiting form it, it's that simple. Sea bass, any good size fish is being filleted for a decent meal. When they start allocating the quotas properly and we stop seeing small whiting, flounder, even swordfish and sharks on ice at Shop Rite, Kings and any retail outlet, I'll start playing by the rules but until then I'll make the rules. Have never kept small fish out of respect for the fishery but these reduced limits and shorter or closed seasons are entirely out of hand. Recreational gives a little more every year and every year more and more of our share gets allocated to commercial interests. And how many more reports do we have to see where hudreds of thousands of pounds of stripers or fluke are found illegally being harvested and sold on the black market by commercial guys. Every rule is at the expense of the recreational angler and for the profit of politicians and commercial concerns.

I'm done! I'll never take more than my family can eat and do not keep small fish....those are the only rules that matter for '15. Other than that it's open season.