Sea Bass Options Update and Survey

[Angler Paul]

Originally Posted by hammer4reel

Paul I’m not saying Adam doesn’t try . I’m saying the actual state of Nj doesn’t do crap to fight for our fisheries like other states do for their sportsman . We live in a State that doesn’t seem to care about the impacts shortened seasons cause .
Our council gets handed what ever scraps is left after other states fight for more .
then they have a thankless job to try and make the best of what’s given .


Reading what pat wrote percentage wise of the summer increase as spit out by the model would increase catch 7% . And sure more guys are fishing then , but most sea bass caught then are bycatch , where even 2 an angler would benifit those fishing throughout the state . So if going to 2 fish make the Nov/Dec fishery 12 fish etc , as your targeting bigger fish if making those runs . And 12 bigger fish would still get people out for them .

And the late season won’t get as much attention as I said with stripers and tog running the inshore game .

We have lost so much of our fisheries and bag limits in the last 15 years it’s ridiculous.
Especially sea bass which used to be a year long fishery at 25 fish per person daily .

Now I gotcha Dan. I just want to make it clear though, that our BMF is a bunch of dedicated people who do their absolute best for us. The problem is that they are understaffed and underfunded. The funding our BMF receives pales in comparison to other states, particularly when you take into consideration how many fishermen we have. That's the only reason why other states can do more for their fishermen. Paul H.