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Originally Posted by kurtisb
Guessing you don't fish the party boats. An 18" fish on a party boat is difficult. I had 25 keepers last year on 12 trips, including a limit first time out. There were lots of zeros. At 17.5" I would have had a great season. Pretty much don't even want to go fluke fishing any more. Do you really think an 18" limit helps the party boats?
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All I did last season was fish party boats, and experienced by far the best NJ fluking in 10 years, in size and numbers. There are skunk days and limit days, you can't rely on memory, those of you who don't keep a fishing log. It's strong testament to the efficacy of correct conservation.
PLEASE try to see beyond your skewed recollection of "barely keepers" and recognize that when you're talking about 1/2" it's all relative. You're simply replacing the 17.9999" monkey with the 17.49999" monkey.