Fluke and Sea Bass Regulation Update 3/27/14

[Angler Paul]

Fluke and Sea bass Regulation Update 3/27/14

There will be a special meeting of the NJMFC that will be held at 4 PM on April 3rd at the Stafford Township Municipal building located at 260 East Bay Av., Manahawkin. Regulations for both fluke and sea bass will be decided at that meeting following public comment. All concerned fishermen are encouraged to voice their opinions at this meeting.
There was another advisors meeting on 3/27/14. Regarding fluke there were no changes in the options being considered. The majority of advisors favored option 2 but I sensed that there was also considerable support for option 1. I believe that either option has a good chance of being adopted. I think whichever one has the most public support at the upcoming NJMFC meeting will be the one that is chosen.
Option 1 - 18” size limit, 5 fish bag limit, season May 17th – September 21st
Option 2 – 18” size limit, 5 fish bag limit, season May 23rd – September 27th
There is also the possibility of a special 16” size limit for shore based fishermen at Island Beach State Park. This is a proposed pilot program that could be expanded to other areas next year. This possible option is being developed further and may be explained at the meeting on 4/3. However, if it moves forward, it will not be voted on until the council’s May meeting
Regarding sea bass there were a couple new options developed pertaining to the split bag season. One in particular garnered unanimous support. This new option is as follows:12 ½” size limit, 15 fish bag limit from 5/19 – 6/30, 3 fish bag limit from 7/1 – 8/31, 15 fish bag limit from 9/1 – 9/6 and a 15 fish bag limit from 10/18 – 12/31. There were 7 other options that were considered and at least a couple of them will be presented at the meeting on 4/3. I don’t want to speculate on which ones they might be but I will let you
know once they are finalized by the council.

Paul Haertel
President, JCAA

[HDMarc]

I'd like to see option 2 for fluke get passed and go later into the season. Thanks for all your efforts and keeping us informed Paul.

[Gerry Zagorski]

I like option 2 too. Especially this year because I think we are going to have a late start because of the low water temps we have now.

[Sharkyispy]

As Marc said, thanks for all you do and keeping us looped in on status.

[Garone Custom Rods]

These morons in fisheries need to have their head examined with these ridiculous sea bass options!

[GDubya07]

Originally Posted by Garone Custom Rods

These morons in fisheries need to have their head examined with these ridiculous sea bass options!

x2 - Wow - that really sucks for a fishery that is supposed to be fully rebuilt for years now

There are tons of them out there and bring it down to a 3 fish bag limit from 7/1 – 8/31, during the middle of the summer ???

Who the Fudge is really paying these guys off ???

I really do not target them to hard either only a couple of trips a year but this really sucks for one of the tastiest critters out there

Thanks for the update and all you do Paul - not pissed at the messenger just the regs

Fluke Regs - start later finish later due to the winter and current temps


Ridiculous

GDubs-

[frugalfisherman]

Positive side you get the last 2 weeks of october for seabass which we didn,t have for several years. Negative side the bottom boats are going to be hammering the mudhole ling all summer.

[Tunarun]

Originally Posted by Garone Custom Rods

These morons in fisheries need to have their head examined with these ridiculous sea bass options!

I concur! You are going to need an "App" on your phone to know how many you can keep and when. Yikes! Dennis

[TAGGED FISH]

Ignorant . Useless . Morons.

[SaltLife1980]

option 2