Released Fish Pool

[muskynut]

Question, why should someone who wants to release his/her fish not be allowed into a pool on a party boat???? With the state of striper stocks, as I said in a previous post if we keep taking and taking everyday....you WILL see a decline in population numbers over time. It is inevitable.....just think about what one boat does....and then multiply it by all the boats in the fleet doing the same thing.....if everyone keeps just because it is a keeper....there will be no keepers left. So, if someone wants to be in the pool but release his/her fish why can't a quick pick/weight be taken, recorded with witnesses and the fish released??? I bring this up because on one trip I couldh've won the pool but decided to release my fish. Capt. Dave

[tautog]

Because too many second place guys would complain and cause trouble. It is amazing how many arguments some guys try to start over the pool, even arguing that certain species shouldn't be allowed when publicly posted pool rules with qualified species are present. If I had a party boat, I wouldn't even have a pool because of the amount of jerks causing trouble about them.

[NJsaltfisher]

+1

We all got digital scales now-a-days!

[Seamus]

There would be an ocean full of fish with sinkers in thier gut.

[1captainron]

Originally Posted by muskynut

Question, why should someone who wants to release his/her fish not be allowed into a pool on a party boat???? With the state of striper stocks, as I said in a previous post if we keep taking and taking everyday....you WILL see a decline in population numbers over time. It is inevitable.....just think about what one boat does....and then multiply it by all the boats in the fleet doing the same thing.....if everyone keeps just because it is a keeper....there will be no keepers left. So, if someone wants to be in the pool but release his/her fish why can't a quick pick/weight be taken, recorded with witnesses and the fish released??? I bring this up because on one trip I couldh've won the pool but decided to release my fish. Capt. Dave

Depends Which "PARTY" Boat's you fish. Our pool rules clearly state "Catch and Release will be honored".....however, this is still a free country with Captains and Boat owners making their own rules.....ask before you enter, as stated many times before.

[tuna john]

do it by length and the fish can be easily released, sometimes its not always the heaviest but it seems to work, that's the way its done on M star in MD

[JerseyCoast]

Originally Posted by tuna john

do it by length and the fish can be easily released, sometimes its not always the heaviest but it seems to work, that's the way its done on M star in MD

+1 on this idea. Besides..... All those eggs in a female shouldn't be worth pool money!!!.

[Super]

This is exactly why I don't do the pool. Has nothing to do with the $4. I don't like keeping fish just because they may win the pool.

[PAMonger]

A Chesapeake Bay survey just showed the strongest population in years.

So, with fluke we complain if one dredge shows a low number... but if one striper dredge shows a low number, we say the population is failing.

Makes sense...

[Foul Hook]

Originally Posted by PAMonger

A Chesapeake Bay survey just showed the strongest population in years.

So, with fluke we complain if one dredge shows a low number... but if one striper dredge shows a low number, we say the population is failing.

Makes sense...

No. Not getting what you're saying. Sorry