If they make the Striped Bass limit one will you still go?

[rumster]

Russa, Obviously you are very passionate about your perception of the problem to post a response at 12.42 am and that`s okay. Your new to the forum and I believe it was 2 years ago when several captains who frequent the site brought to light what they had seen regarding 100`s of bass floating dead, which were the result of the bunker boats.
Your entitled to your opinion regarding a great many topics that you choose to comment on, but your opinion is just one mans view of things.
No. I am not happy about being force fed bullshit regs from a government that does not know it`s ass from it`s elbow, yet will cave in to the highest bidder.
Tight lines.

[Capt Sal]

Russa You keep bashing NJ for no good reason.As far as our state allowing bunker to be sold for Omega you are dead wrong.The bunker boats have a ''B'' on them and that means bait only.As far as NY not allowing Omega boats wrong again.Reduction boats are not allowed inside the the three mile line and that means State waters.NY has nothing to say about federal waters.NY does not allow purse sieners inside the three mile line or Raritan Bay or Long Island Sound.Get your info in order.I have seen stripers floating in Raritan Bay after being dumped over by purse sieners netting bunker.Weakfish also were crushed.

Next this post is about a striper limit and angler participation not your NY verses NJ BS.This is a NJ site and a good one so let it go and stop hijacking posts for your own agenda!

I want to thank everyone that responded.True sportsman on this site IMHO

[O'Connor]

I was always told they continue to spawn until they die....a 50 lb fish is not even close to the top end of size for the species...no reason to believe a fish in this class will not successfully spawn vs a 30 lb. Where did you get your information?

[kcritch]

I'd definitely still go....Love the sport of them most of all. Love eatin' them too...I think they are great tasting at any size! 1 fish per day is plenty in my opinion.

[Capt. Debbie]

If you wont go for a 30 inch long striper... obviously 2 10" lon winter flounders must be laughable.

No one fishes for cheap food. That's rediculous.

I fish off the tow boat 10-12 hours a day for many many weekends. Almost everything I catch is C&R. Or I can read a book and not fish?

Which would you do?

[Flukemeister1]

[QUOTE=RussA;343547]The spawning stock are from 28"-45" so roughly 12-40lbs.

So all you guys hammering the stripers day in and out are the cause for the slower striper seasons as of late.

This is pure fact. You can't blame the commercial fishery on this at all.

You seriously dont' believe what you have said. Just look at the attached and see what the commercial fleet is doing down south. This is North Carolina. Virginia is just as bad.



http://www.northcarolinasportsman.co...ls.php?id=1722

[Oasis]

FUNNNNY, how most of comments here is about how no one care to take more than one bass. but when I'm on party boats and fishing is good I see the mate straggling to limit fares from keeping fish and get an accurate numbers of keepers on the boat.
I understand keeping your limit and give away fish to friends and neighbors or to the less fortunate (which a lot of us do), but pay what we pay to go fishing and get a few days that we go home with no fish and then when the fishing is good and we can keep 2 doesn't sound too bad.
lets call it as we see it.

[Ol Pedro]

Oasis , the question was will you still fish if the limit were one Bass . Like you , I would rather have a two Bass limit and have the option to keep two.

[Skolmann]

Russ A. sounds as if he had 1 too many Rusty Nails.

[Ol Pedro]

Russ A., I think that a lot of us on this site do a pretty good job of policing ourselves when it comes to wasting fish. Some of the 6 Pac's do catch their limits and then fish for other species. I haven't been out too many times when the Party boat that I was on had a boat limit. I have jigged as many as twenty short Bass to get one keeper. That being said ,if we do what you suggest shouldn't we just keep the first two Stripers that we catch and go home ? No catch and release just catch and kill ? The 22" Striper that I release has just as good a chance as the 32"er when it isn't gut hooked and netted instead of gaffed . I love catching Stripers and eating them TOO!!! There's nothing like seeing three Bass follow my jig up and fight for it or almost having the rod pulled out of my hands when I'm burning my jig back and that Cow blasts it going the other way. Also no one has mentioned the floaters that local gillnetters have left in the past .