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16 inch Fluke experiment at IBSP

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Artie Fishil

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Sure you can keep over 18" and you don't have to get them tagged. I've heard from the tagging folks that you can only keep 2 in the park even over 18" but there are a lot of interpretations of the rules. It could be that fish are being kept over 16" and not registered since the taggers are only there from 10 am to 6 pm. I'm only catching a few in the 16" - 18" slot. Fish I'm catching are over or under.

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I see. That makes sense. I guess depending on how this goes, we may see it statewide? I guess that could be cool. I font remember what the size limit was as a kid. I'm 29. That was the last time I kept fluke but I left it to my dad and uncle to measure. Is it worth keeping a 16" fluke? As far as filet size?

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Yeah, I know with most fish and game, smaller/younger tastes better. I'm no filet expert. Only attempted once actually. I need practice to say the least. I Was more concerned about how much meat you get from a 16" fluke but I'm sure its not much different than 18". Probably would use it for fish tacos!

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Hope the trend continues, my take on this experiment is the thinking is similar to that in Connecticut allowing surf fishermen to get more of a share of the resource. Hoping long term, surf guys can take 5 fluke, two of which can be between 16 and 18 inches.

 

Might be wrong but I think Ct is 5 fish 16" +. Since we are in the same region as them we should get the same regs. A 16" fish has decent sized filets

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Hope the trend continues, my take on this experiment is the thinking is similar to that in Connecticut allowing surf fishermen to get more of a share of the resource. Hoping long term, surf guys can take 5 fluke, two of which can be between 16 and 18 inches.

 

I might agree if we could do it outside that nuthouse known as IBSP

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I don't think there's a lot of interest in the program. I had a 17" fluke tagged just to get a tag but won't keep another under 18". I heard there were only like 30 fish tagged so far.

 

Wow, thats seems low..30 fish.. i saw 6 fish at 17 inches, leave yesterday alone at 3 pm.. talk to another guy on monday would told me he took three at 16 to 17 home for dinner..him and his son. On saturday, i watched countless cars and trucks speed by the weigh area. Not even stopping to check their fish.. this program is a joke. If it impacts our fisheries management in anyway, shape or form we all should demand our head marine fisheries personnel be terminated at all cost. Schmucks and whats the sense of weighing fish if youdont even check if theywere taken legally... hows about proof of saltwater registry.. now why would ask that..

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