2017 Fluke Regulations Not Looking Good

[jmurr711]

Originally Posted by JBird

If you want to know who's in charge then go to the fish market when sea bass is closed to us and look at the sea bass for sale.

Couldn't agree more dude. Threw back HUNDREDS of 12-12.9999999 inch sea bass this fall on my charters I go to supermarket 8 inch pins for $14.99lb

[irishc]

Originally Posted by jmurr711

I am sure PEOTUS will make the limits like it was in 1950 just like he wants to do with every other aspect of this country........ WE ARE F#CKED NO MATTER WHO IS IN CHARGE

Well said!

[irishc]

Originally Posted by dakota560

I can appreciate everyone's hopes that the PEOTUS is going to have some bearing on our fisheries but with a divided country and the challenges facing him after his inauguration, I wouldn't count on NOAA and fisheries management making his top 10 list. This is going to be a disaster for the foreseeable future and wouldn't be surprised if we're at a 2 - 3 fish limit in a few years. Think about it, tournaments with combined 5 fish weigh in and possibly even 3 fish combined weight will be a thing of the past. Feel sorry for Party and Charter boats when we go to 2 fish at 21 inches, you know it's coming. As I said until there's representation of recreational interests taken into consideration it's self regulation from here on out. Especially when you see 12 inch fluke fillets at the market throughout the entire summer for $14.99 lb.. &%$% NOAA!

Also well said!

[AndyS]

Oh I almost forgot, don't forget to sign up for the Saltwater Registry in 2017 also

[SNAPS]

Originally Posted by Ryelof

I would love to see the "science" of this reported over fishing, I probably went fluke fishing 12 times this summer and not once did we have a boat limit and never had any one survey our catch for the day. So where do these numbers come from?

They take stock assessment samples where there are no fish so yeah their data is flawed believe they take into account the number of days that boats were able to sail so if you had 90 days of good weather and boats got to sail every day then they think you caught fish they never came down to the boats to see how many trips I got skunked. It's a effing joke Hate to say it but you have to grease some palms it's called LOBBYING.