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[Abrasion]

http://www.app.com/story/sports/outd...oats/31214187/

I used to fish on the Barvic, the Doris Mae, and the Sea Devil. And now they're gone. I guess I could be considered part of the problem. I had such a good time as a kid on these boats that I went out and bought my own boat. I just wish there was more of a back-fill from the future generations. It would be a shame if the industry continues to contract.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Grab a kid, turn their cell phone off and take them fishing!!

[Man Workin]

That's a good read, I do fish party boats or smaller boats like MIMI in the winter when Man Workin is winterized. Love the people and fact that I can just fish.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by Man Workin

That's a good read, I do fish party boats or smaller boats like MIMI in the winter when Man Workin is winterized. Love the people and fact that I can just fish.

Same here....

[Abrasion]

I took a sea bass trip with Capt Jerry this year and I forgot the joys of just walking off of a boat with a bag of meat and going home. No scrubbing. No cutting fish. No prep for the next trip or tinkering with something that stopped working. Nothing but fishing.

[MohawkJD]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

Grab a kid, turn their cell phone off and take them fishing!!

Turn off their phone? You mean fight with him to turn it off, then listen to him or her bitch about it all afternoon? I'd rather go by myself.

[Walleyed]

Last Friday, I took my oldest stepdaugher, 17, and her best friend out on the BarbGail IV. Since we live near the border of Warren & Sussex county, they had to get up at 3:30am in order to make it to the docks in Brielle in time for the boat.

Just like every other kid, they're both addicted to their phones, but once they had a rod in their hands and the fish coming over the gunnels, they didn't touch them except to take some pictures.

My experience is kids like to fish as much today as they did 40 years ago when I was their age.

[Humanzee]

Originally Posted by Abrasion

I took a sea bass trip with Capt Jerry this year and I forgot the joys of just walking off of a boat with a bag of meat and going home. No scrubbing. No cutting fish. No prep for the next trip or tinkering with something that stopped working. Nothing but fishing.

And no jellyfish getting sucked up into your livewell! (So I don't have to pee on you. Again.).

[bunker dunker]

What what???????????????????

[Super]

It's an interesting article. I'm not sure if I agree with everything, particularly blaming the regulations for the decline in customers, but it may have some impact.

We have a striped bass fishery now that we didn't have before 2000 and that's thanks to regulation changes. No one complains when the regulations work.

I think it's an economic problem. Boats and fuel are expensive and need to make money. I understand that much. But if I take my wife and kids fishing...It's a $200 day even before beer . That's not something I can afford to do every weekend.