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You are delusional if you think a 1 bass limit from NJ is the issue when both their summer and winter grounds both allow commercial fishing. The bigger issue is who the hell eats striped carp? Id rather eat sea robin.

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Exactly! I love to hook into anything over 25lbs but would never eat one that size and find little pleasure "fighting" anything smaller. I consider even the slots just blah table fare. I understand tastes differ but not to the point of the mania these smaller fish create where PB's are forced to abandon sure fire jumbo bluefishing to chase around an often frustratingly fickle bass bite all day because hey, carrying 80 on a Tuesday in October sure beats 15, it pays the bills and it's what the people want. Me? I'd rather anchor up offshore and catch 15lb blues until they go on winter break.

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I typed slower so you could follow it .
I never said we were hurting the fishery in any way.
Just that the recreational catch is more substantial thank you think. And no reason to add to it.
The new limit. As well as downsizing bonus tag fish should make for an awesome fishery.
I was glad the limit changed to what it currently is.
While many practice catch and release .lots of breeders in years past were killed just to bang chests at the dock.

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"we put 95% of the pressure on those fish.
a look at any marina fishing for stripers when they are in that spots core area will show you we POUND them hard."

I didnt think one could be self-delusional, but obviously I stand corrected.

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I said we are the ones catching the fish. Never said striper fishery was hurting.
It's best it's been in thirty years.
Let's keep it that way .

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"Hey! We want to make an area where your not allowed to catch fish. Ok?"

"NO!!! WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FISH ANYWHERE WE WANT!"

"Um, ok. Well, you can't catch striped bass beyond this imaginary 3 mile line we made up."

"OK."



makes sense...

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Just had some 42" from the spring- cubed and fried with seasoned bread crumbs, home made cole slaw and home made tarter sauce. Tastes far better than any freshwater fish except walleye. We place it just under Tilefish, Blackfish, winter flounder, and Haddock - better than fluke. Only way to eat bluefish is smoked IMHO

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my measurememt of fish taste is salt and pepper maybe so!e olive oil amd imto the oven. if it needs to be fried or soaked or marinated ill pass

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exactly!

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Imaginary line. Please.... what a complete waste of time and resource. Fxcking joke.