[QUOTE=oceansuey]shresearch i know most on here will reply negatively. im just pointing out that the if u look at the hard numbers its pretty much self explanatary on how much fish are caught by the recreational side. say 10 party boats from sandy hook to cape may fish for sea bass in fed waters 3 times a week with say 30 paying customers catch an avg 20 fish per man at an avg size of 4lbs per fish. do the math and u can have an idea on whats caaught by the 10 boats 3 times a week.
I DO THE MATH 20 Sea Bass AVG. Your math is just as flawed as the regulators. I fish more for Sea Bass than most. I know the numbers and have pictures & data to back it up. Yes some fisherman do average numbers more than others but 20 Keepers
I'm going to post you a picture from this Tuesday trip on the Ocean Explorer this is a picture of the racks for the day& this was an above average day. Me & my brother got 23 keepers. Do you know how many people on board that day swore that we limited we were not even half way there between the both of us. I know of 2 people on board that day that walked off the boat without getting their fish filleted. they had 8 keepers between them. There was 31 on board that day do the math how many fish would you say was in that can. Does it look anywhere near 612. Now this is the true hard number what do you think it is?. I have seen so many so called limit days when actually the person had no more that maybe 15 in the box. I know on charters limits can be had but Party Boats
Your Offshore Theory of 3 to 4lb average is so way off do you have any Idea how big a 3 to 4lb Sea Bass is? I have looked at many so called 3 to 4 lb fish. The Sea Bass that's pictured here is 19" do you know how much it weighed. How many would say yeah that's a 3 to 4 lb. fish. Wrong it was 2. 75 lbs. I weighed it. I myself thought it was at least a 3 lb. fish & I was even wrong. I know a lot of exaggeration does go on but my numbers are true. Do you honestly think the average fish offshore is 3 to 4 lbs? I'm willing to bet that that number is far from the the truth as well & I could prove it. I averaged about 4 to 6 offshore trips a year for the last 20 years the numbers each year numbers get more & more exaggerated. I know it's good advertisement but that's what killing us the hype. I agree with some of the theories here but most are way overblown & now we are all suffering from it.
