Sea Bass and Fluke Regulation Update

[JBird]

A slot fish or 2 would be nice, 2 @ 17 and 3 @ 18. My 2 cents.

[TomKaye]

Originally Posted by JBird

A slot fish or 2 would be nice, 2 @ 17 and 3 @ 18. My 2 cents.

That's an interesting idea and a good one.
Regrettably, I don't think that option is on the table.
You give some bureaucrats one more proposal to debate and they'll never
be able to make a decision.
I prefer the 149 day season with 5 at 18".

Tight lines all,
Tom K.

[GetANet]

Been saying that for years already!!!!!!would a be good thing i think for everyone give us a resonably sized smaller fish or two and then make the rest resonably larger. I'm not saying i'm the best or the worst fluke fisherman but the last few years been pretty tough catching a few keepers let alone a limit. Got to the point i'm so disgusted and the expense that i really don't fluke much anymore. Always seems like NO MATTER the size limit they're Always a INCH or HALF INCH SHORT!!! WHERE ARE ALL THESE FISH AT THE END OF THE SEASON CAUSE THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE SHOWING UP FOR ME???? Also would possibly helped keep some more PB's around as well as the smaller boat rentals and helped some people keep their livelyhoods....JMO

[cool hand fluke]

Thank you Paul for the information

Al

[striper63]

Originally Posted by GetANet

Been saying that for years already!!!!!!would a be good thing i think for everyone give us a resonably sized smaller fish or two and then make the rest resonably larger. I'm not saying i'm the best or the worst fluke fisherman but the last few years been pretty tough catching a few keepers let alone a limit. Got to the point i'm so disgusted and the expense that i really don't fluke much anymore. Always seems like NO MATTER the size limit they're Always a INCH or HALF INCH SHORT!!! WHERE ARE ALL THESE FISH AT THE END OF THE SEASON CAUSE THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE SHOWING UP FOR ME???? Also would possibly helped keep some more PB's around as well as the smaller boat rentals and helped some people keep their livelyhoods....JMO

I AGREE!

I also think any of those fluke proposals would be OK, compared to NY

[frugalfisherman]

Just from my personal observation from fluking on the J2 3 days a week during the summer. 2011 with an 18 inch limit the fishing was excellent. A lot of fish were caught even by the rental rods. They lowered the size limit to 17 1/2 and extended the season for 2012. Although the fishing was good I don't believe nearly as many fish were caught with the most going to regulars fishing hard and the rentals struggling to get a keeper. They say we exceded our limit? Granted this is just one boat but from what I read on the board during the summer this is not an isolated observation. Where are they coming up with their numbers? Pulling them out of a hat?

[Angler Paul]

Here is a link that explains how they come up with their numbers. We all know they are flawed but they are used as though they were accurate.

http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/recr.../overview.html

[SaltLife1980]

their way of getting the numbers is BS.. they really have no Idea how many fish were taken..

[NoWorries]

Originally Posted by Angler Paul

Here is a link that explains how they come up with their numbers. We all know they are flawed but they are used as though they were accurate.

http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/recr.../overview.html

Like it or not this is the way it's done . Lots of math and averages etc. Right now we're at 5 fluke no matter what so we can't afford to "over fish" the quota. From what I've seen the longest season is dangerous to that end. So I believe with basically a status quo season we'll over fish again and a tighter quota for the next season will result.

[joshpio]

Hearing a lot about the fluke options, but nothing about seabass. Wny ides on what dates we will have. Chartered a seabass trip for end of July and hoping the season will be open then.