i remember ......

[the wizz]

i recall 14 inch fluke { keepers } with no bag limit . 10 striped bass @ 18 inch or above . all the blue fish your trunk could hold . 16 weakfish . 50 flounder in shrewsbury an ok day but 80 to 100 a good day ? 100 ling a day at the 1 can inside the bug light ! whiting so thick you could frost fish and on the right winds and tide walk down the beach and gather a days catch pushed into the wash . i remember when you had 2 distinct sets of rules commercial and rec now party boats have thier own set as well . i recall we the rec fisherman had the biggest share over commercial and watched it dwindle down to they now have the monster load . bottom line is ive been watching us the { rec guys }go backwards for 50 years ! now all are up in arms over proposed fluke regs acting like cuts are some thing new ? we have been divided and conquerd slow but sure over many years . south wants this , north that , beach guys this party boats that and commercial wants thier share to boot . we all want better regs i get it and i dont have the answer but if we keep dropping out , stop fighting and fishing then we have truly lost ! hang in guys better days are coming .