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Originally Posted by mccandrj
Where did you get your stats? Plus, your discussion is leaned towards a charter boat, and ignoring the head boat industry that doesn't harvest the big fish. They are totally different, neither will benefit from the law, but the charter industry will suffer less. So, now we know how you stand.
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I will make it easier to understand how I stand, since you def have no clue about the fishery.
including the mere thought that Head boats dont catch big fish.
The bass are getting hammered 11 months out the year in many different states.
If changes are not made soon NO ONE will be catching fish .
I left the charter industry because I didnt want to be part of the problem. in that I was busting my butt to put guys on fish just to see them slaughtered.
I still take MANY guys out who are catch and release, and would rather be broke than see this great fishery destroyed because guys want to take a hundred pounds of fillets home from one trip.
Maybe if you even had a clue about how many fish are actually caught Daily up and down our coast you could actually make a reasonable choice of what actual changes need to be done.
but through your posts I can see you dont even know how many fish are caught on Party boats when the fishing is good let alone the whole rest of the fleet.
I have got to see how much pleasure guys get catching BIG bass, many their Personal best.
saw just as much pleasure those same guys releasing there biggest fish to fight another day.
I have yet to see 1/10 that pleasure from anyone eating one of those fish.
And yes striped bass are a good eating fish, But there is no reason to need to feed the whole neighborhood them after a single trip
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