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Originally Posted by AndyS
"There are also tons of big bass outside of the 3 mile line", how do you know ?
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Andy, really? Like a charter Capt ONLY fishes for striped bass and ONLY fishes within 3 miles. You have to pass that for ling, flounder, cod etc. Many well known for hire and private boats have seen all the bass outside 3 miles without fishing for them as have I .
A new twist (not directed at you Andy but all anglers) is just go and fish if its a 1 fish limit or whatever to keep the for hire fishermen in business as its their way of life and should be respected. Its also a Seg-way to our ability to fish without owning a boat and would be sad to see it go away. If we cant agree on the regs, the management of the regs or anything than we as anglers should agree on the right to and the passage to fish. I dont want to see a world without party boats, 6 packs and 15 packs inshore or offshore and just kayaks ( i have nothing against kayaks) .
I grew up on boats, watching boats go in and out of the inlets, and taking my wife and kids to see the same. We are losing that and once its gone its gone.
So just go and pay some karma to someone else way of life even if you dont have a 'bag' of fish at the end of the day. We all spend on worse.
If it comes to that Catch and release isn't worse than cancer. BUT it should be regulated properly and we know its NOT.
