Bass tournaments before June 15th ??

[AndyS]

Bass tournaments before June 15th. The New Jersey Freshwater Fishing Digest containing all the rules and regulations for fishing : April 15th to June 15th bass fishing is catch and release only. I see videos of people stuffing bass into their live wells already ?? How can people hold a tournament when the season is closed ??

[NJSquatch]

i have always wonder this as well

[Wilson]

It's catch, photo, release (i hope alive and well) and then Facebook
Nothing like rolling up at MCR at O' dark thirty and having to wait for $500,000.00 worth bass tournament boat guys to launch

[thmyorke1]

What are your thoughts the rule? I figured there's plenty of bass and fishing the spawn helps control over-populating.

Yet again I'm not sure how the populations are going in the state. Probably vary by water.

[Eskimo]

Originally Posted by thmyorke1

What are your thoughts the rule? I figured there's plenty of bass and fishing the spawn helps control over-populating.

Yet again I'm not sure how the populations are going in the state. Probably vary by water.

I don't know. Since New Jersey is the most crowded state in the U.S. and one one of the most densely-populated areas of the world, we definitely don't have an issue with bass being under-fished and overpopulated.

In my opinion, the harvest restrictions set by Fish & Wildlife are far too liberal to be sustainable and the only reason we have bass fishing in New Jersey public waters is because the majority of skilled bass fishermen are of good character and practice catch & release.


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[thmyorke1]

Originally Posted by Eskimo

I don't know. Since New Jersey is the most crowded state in the U.S. and one one of the most densely-populated areas of the world, we definitely don't have an issue with bass being under-fished and overpopulated.

In my opinion, the harvest restrictions set by Fish & Wildlife are far too liberal to be sustainable and the only reason we have bass fishing in New Jersey public waters is because the majority of skilled bass fishermen are of good character and practice catch & release.


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Good point. I thought the harvest restrictions are pretty strict. Would you say they should be stricter, how so? I think it depends on water, for bass. Ponds are totally different from the Raritan river for example

[Charlie B]

Anyone know the release mortality rate of bass kept in a live well for any time? It may be very low I don't know...Charlie