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Detour66 · #21 12-12-2019, 11:03 AM

Not sure why anglers need to take 10 lb plus Blackfish but they do. Just take a pic and let them go. I would think these are big breeders. Are they even good eating compared to smaller fish? I understand we have the right to keep them but I personally will not keep a fish over 5 lbs. I'm not saying this the main cause of decline of big Blackfish but it sure isn't helping our cause. It's always so cool to see them big fish swim away to fight another day. But to each his own I guess. Tight lines.

Gerry Zagorski · #22 12-12-2019, 11:09 AM

More often then not I see people releasing these 10 pound plus fish... I've actually seen people and boats go out of there way for hours to revive them. Do some people keep them? I'm sure they do and that's there choice but it's not like it was years ago when everything that came on board was kept.

Gerry Zagorski · #23 12-12-2019, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by kurtisb

I caught a 13# on 12/4 near Elberon. That may be the earliest time of year that I've caught a DD.

This right here ^^^^ Kurtis puts in more days then most and has been doing this a long time and as he points out, most of the larger fish are usually caught much later in the season.

Ken Westerfelds current world and state record fish was caught in January as was the 25 pound NJ record holder before it.