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Old 08-13-2014, 01:56 PM
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Man do those pictures bring back memories! Younger people on this board have no idea how great the ling and whiting fishery was back in the 60's and the 70's. I only hope these fish continue to rebuild and migrate to the east as well. There's no reason if the commercial concerns are kept in check why this fishery can't be rebuilt. We should all learn from the fact that it not only collapsed like it did but did so seemingly over night. It's almost incomprehensible that a fishery that was so healthy could be decimated as quickly as it was but it shows what can happen to any stock of fish if it's over harvested commercially. Great eating fish and the bft love them to. If they ever rebound in the Mudhole again we'll see the big boys making their presence again during the fall migration. That was an amazing fishery as well, Hope we learn from our past mistakes.

Great to see those pictures, it reminds me of the Long Branch Pier back in the 70's!


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"yup" Lots of memories ... I rem when I was a kid like 8 years old my older brother (11) would take me out on party boats . We fished all year cuz thats what my Grandpa did . what I rem the most (besides havin frozen. hands) and my mouth tasted like bait from bitting gloves off to real in fish and re bait up . What I rem most was catching whiting 2-3 at a time . Filling small garbage pails full .. whiting was a good fish so ez to catch clean and cook
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Old 08-13-2014, 02:22 PM
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The Last Pictures Of An Amazing Trip

For those wondering if this is from a trip from 1975 it is not

It is from just a few days ago

We had so many Whiting and Ling our Captain called in a few other Captains to help clean fish





We also had close to 150 Mackeral



Last Picture - Amazing Day

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Old 08-13-2014, 04:09 PM
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While Marc's charter loaded up on whiting, Leif and I took another trip offshore.

We had a cooler full of cod, pollack, haddock, cusk, and redfish. Marc's charters are great and I have always had a good trip. Ended up with 35lbs of fillets each.

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Old 08-13-2014, 04:17 PM
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great pics mark and nicer size whiting.
Nice to see them showing up again
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Old 08-13-2014, 09:11 PM
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I have a few more of these trips coming up and I will post results
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Old 08-13-2014, 09:49 PM
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[QUOTE=fishark531;370135]Some of you know me
Most of you don't

I am from Queens NY and Fishing for Whiting in the 70 ' s and early 80 ' s was all I did all Winter long

We have had good Whiting fishing the last 5 years in NH but this year it is EXCEPTIONAL. It is actually an all year round fishery with the best fishing in the Summer Months

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I personally know how good this fishery can be. Back in the 40/50/60's I was a Winter-fishing regular on the Long Branch Fishing pier. It was then possible to manage catches like this, but I never remember any of us taking more than 2 or 3 dozen fish home to eat, freeze, or give to the neighbors. On calm nights with a NW wind you could make catches like this off the jetties, or even off the beaches.

Then the US government decided that the Northeast whiting/ling fishery was under-utilized. They tried to improve relations with the Russians by opening up the area to the big factory/processing ships. Well as you know, these ships came in and completely wiped out the fishery in a few years. It has yet to recover in the NY/NJ area over the last 40 years.

The huge pile of fish in your last picture looks like you guys overdid it a little for a fish that been trying to recover for the last 40 years. How many whiting/ling can you use at one time? I know it's none of my business, but I would like to respectfully suggest that you be a little more judicious in the quantity of fish you kill on a single trip.

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Old 08-13-2014, 09:56 PM
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With all due RESPECT

ALMOST all of my catch was donated to a local Food Bank

The daggers are averaging 2500 to 4000 pounds per tow

I do not believe our catch was in excess

I take what the law allows

When I go for Haddock I take 3

I abide by the laws

Most of them do not benefit the recreational fisherman

I appretiate your opinion but RESPECTFULLY disagree
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Old 08-14-2014, 07:23 AM
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Marc organizes charity fishing charters and activities every year.

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll...S_01/131219511
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Old 08-14-2014, 08:53 AM
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Marc,

Next time you go release a few of those baseball bats and tell them, in a nice and encouraging manner, that the mud hole and NJ/NY misses them and that they'd be welcomed back down here with open mouths, ahem arms.

Nice job
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Old 08-14-2014, 09:01 AM
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I'm with capt allen,beg them to come south.miss jigging those whiting.
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