Mass Fluke Regs this will get you pissed

[RussA]

Originally Posted by Capt Sal Cathy Sea Charters

So the truth comes out. RussA is a commercial fisherman! Rumor has it he is a personal friend of Billy Joel the guy who wants to open the stripers up to the Long Island netters!!!

The truth comes out? I said this a few times before lol.

[RussA]

Originally Posted by Blackfish Doug

I guess all his NY buddy's feel great about him taking 14" fish while they can only take 18" fish. I gave up pinhooking once I got a full time job. Right now you exposed yourself to this fishing community this is not about getting the fair share. This is about you getting your share & by the way the main reason why the size is 14" for fluke is because most of the fluke being caught now are being caught in very deep water. The mortality rate is not good for returned fish I feel there should be no size limit take what you catch fill your quota & leave the rest alone. That 14" limit was not set for pin hookers it was set for deep water fishing.

They can go and get the same license I have, it really isn't hard. It's $500 a year.

I didn't expose anything, I have said I am a commercial fisherman before.

Doug it's about the states (NY and NJ) working together to push back... You must not read what I write, because then you would know when I talk it's always trying to get NJ fishermen to work with NY fishermen.

If I took a commercial stance believe me, I wouldn't care about you fishermen, but that's not what I am about. You should go reread what I wrote in the past, I always said to work together.

[Blackfish Doug]

Originally Posted by RussA

They can go and get the same license I have, it really isn't hard. It's $500 a year.

I didn't expose anything, I have said I am a commercial fisherman before.

Doug it's about the states (NY and NJ) working together to push back... You must not read what I write, because then you would know when I talk it's always trying to get NJ fishermen to work with NY fishermen.

If I took a commercial stance believe me, I wouldn't care about you fishermen, but that's not what I am about. You should go reread what I wrote in the past, I always said to work together.

The $500 license is for commercial fishing only. You can't fish from a charter boat or party boat legally with that license. Also when your fishing with this license your supposed to sell your fish not keep it. I would say a very good percentage of the fisherman on this board fish from either party boats or charter boats so this is a moot point on this board because the main reason everybody here Fish's here keeps their catch.
My post started with how the Mass regs will effect us all. Why were the regs changed on the Sea Bass? Was it because Mass overfished it's quota last year? What makes you think that this years regs are not going to hurt us big time? Let's see how this plays out but I don't feel it will be in the best interest of the fisherman.
You said in past posts that NY & NJ should work together your right but you know that's not going to happen. By the way I never got to read that it must be on another post. It's hard enough to try to get anything passed you want these states to work together?
Your answer to my original post was your a commercial fisherman? You can keep 14" fish legally do you honestly think that anybody here that fish's from party boats or charter wants to hear that? Yes everybody from here does feel NY has been getting the shaft. So enjoy Your NY pie I just feel it's going to cost us in the end big time in the end.

[duranautic al]

Originally Posted by RussA

I have a regular job, and only go for fish that puts money in my pocket. You can guess what fish I target.

Fluke can be a good profit if you keep them alive, they are worth $5lb alive.

It all boils down to what connections someone has that makes him a profit. If I went by the dead fish market I would starve, unless we are talking tuna...

wow...so now your BRAGGING about selling live blackfish to the asians?