2015 Bass regulations: GET ON THE PHONE/WRITE AN EMAIL!

[Vernon]

Originally Posted by hammer4reel

REALLY Mc , a 43 " fish is about a 27 pound fish.
Head boats catch fish like that ALOT, especially eeling at night.
also many of the head boats from both Belmar and PP have been snag and dropping for some time know , and have done well catching big bass.

Heck on charter boats we catch so many 30-40 pound bass , that something has to change.
Charter boats as well as personal boats have been crushing these fish with reckless abandon for too long.

Yes, but they are not the norm and if you count on that for patrons or money, you're going to be hurting! Also, you have very few headboats that make the night trip. One or two a port. Plus, I never mentioned charter boats!

And, the snag and dropping is great, try that with 70 people, that is fine for 15 people trips. Seriously; Belmar and PP is not the best example, where to the fish sometimes; the Raritan/NY Bay, is where you show up anyway, you always say we went "north" that means the Raritan/NY Bay! And, for the most your target fish is bluefish, why I don't know.

[hammer4reel]

Originally Posted by mccandrj

Yes, but they are not the norm and if you count on that for patrons or money, you're going to be hurting! Also, you have very few headboats that make the night trip. One or two a port. Plus, I never mentioned charter boats!

Charter boat as well as personal boats NEED to be taken into account.
There are 10 times the guys fishing for bass nitely as were 10 years ago.
and with the current regs are destroying the fishery that took a long time to rebuild.
doing anything to lessen the amount of fish taken is going to help this fishery stay solid, and give pleasure to the thousands of guys who love fighting these fish .