Quote:
Originally Posted by Merle31483
Nice work but what I cant understand is why is there such an abundance of larger fish out in Montauk or Nantucket how come these fish dont migrate south into our waters those fish you caught there are considered babies out there and would be thrown back
|
The fishing pressure is a small fraction of what the NY Bight has to withstand both commercial and recreational.. There's nothing magical in the water in Montauk or Nantucket, they have the same fish we have . Its simply the fact that a LOT less of them are caught and eaten there than in the waters surrounded by NYC and the big NJ cities.. before the massive fishing pressure increases in we used to catch plenty of big fluke mixed in with numbers of 15-18 inch fish that were astounding, right in the bays and tidal rivers.. No need to go out to the rough bottom as they do today to catch some big fluke.... bob
