[bulletbob]

Here's my take.. these are DAMN BIG fish.. 3 4 and 5 pound sea bass, 1 2 3 pound porgies, big ling... How much fish does anyone really need?.. We are talking about 30 BIG pieces of fish here, just for the sea bass, not figuring other species like porgies, ling, blues etc that are taken on these trips.... Please don't think we can't hurt populations of these offshore fish.We can... Think about the thousands of these big fish caught every day out there on the offshore wrecks.. Lets say 40 guys get their limit..

Thats 600 big sea bass for one boat,one day.. If 5 boats from NY and NJ sail on a given day and all boats only take 40 guys, Thats 3,000 sea bass, in one day... Think about the 10's of thousands of fish taken off these wrecks in the 2 months season,, Those fish aren't concentrated everywhere. They are concentrated on certain wrecks, certain bottom structure in certain temp or feed zones.. The captains are great at locating them, and the anglers are great at catching them. We can dent those populations of big breeders, like it or not,,

15 is a decent limit.. 15 Big bass, maybe 15 or 20 big scup, several blues, maybe a ling or pollack and a few big foot long bergalls??.. Really, how much meat do we need ?.... These guys should be ashamed, honestly. Just greedy.. bob