PROWLER5 - TUES., JULY 30TH - FLUKE REPORT

[NoLimit]

None of the males get over 18" - we are killing all the breeders with all the males dying of old age (or in a trawl net)

[DMac]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

Lots of people complained about the slots the past few years, I think they would have helped us this year... Lots of 17 -18 inch fish going back.

The reason your seeing a lot of 17-18 inch fishnis because they were below 17 last year. The reason your not seeing many 18-19.5 inch fish thisbyear because the slot limit destroyed a year class of fish. Putting pressure on a 1 inch class of fish was horrible idea. Fishing was much better before slot. Slot did a lot of damage because it was poorly chosen to be too restrictive.

[hammer4reel]

Originally Posted by NoLimit

None of the males get over 18" - we are killing all the breeders with all the males dying of old age (or in a trawl net)

Studies are showing 90% of the male fish don’t come inshore .
Thats why even when taking slot fish the last few years , they were females still with eggs in them .

So who’s ready to move the fluke fishing to thirty miles off to be able to catch 17” male fluke .

You can only catch what’s here

[hammer4reel]

Originally Posted by DMac

The reason your seeing a lot of 17-18 inch fishnis because they were below 17 last year. The reason your not seeing many 18-19.5 inch fish thisbyear because the slot limit destroyed a year class of fish. Putting pressure on a 1 inch class of fish was horrible idea. Fishing was much better before slot. Slot did a lot of damage because it was poorly chosen to be too restrictive.

Exactly what I posted earlier , and spot on .

But why guys would rather keep 17” fish while throwing back 20” fish to keep them is lost on me .

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