codfish Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 Maybe scale down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-man Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 Nope. I don’t eat them and I fish primarily with soft plastics with a single hook or jig head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadogg Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 Nope. I don’t keep the damn things anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zak-striper Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 (edited) Nope. When I keep them, I usually keep them around 30" - 34". So I'll keep the same sized fish and release the fish I usually release. Edited February 27, 2020 by zak-striper jhndoe and R.R. Bridge Fisher 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandbar1 Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 Absolutely not, why scale down. I wanted to catch and release big fish before the slot and I want to continue to do the same. I've never been out looking for a trophy to keep. I think a lot of surf guys feel the same. If anything we should be scaling up our gear to more efficiently fight fish so we can achieve good healthy releases. wellman324, Bwstriper44 and klaney 3 Chasing false echoes Send lawyers, guns, and money - Zevon When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro - Thompson DITCH TROLL 333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitaminDee Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 As long as i still get to fish nothing will change. Probably only keep 1 at 32 for a family BBQ this year everything else gets released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_G Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 It's going to change the way I fish. It already began last fall. I removed the trebles from many of my surface plugs. Replaced them with inline circle hooks. Since fish over 35" can no longer be kept, I intend to make every effort to not injure large fish. I understand I'll probably miss some hits, but I want to protect a large fish from ending up with a plug loaded with trebles stuck in her gills. It would really bother me to have to release a 45" floater. Livefreeordie and Twisted 2 The Sultan of Sluggo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John O' Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 Nope, I rarely catch anything - except a cold! Chunkah 1 "ALL THE BEST!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anb5 Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 No trebles either. Curious if the slot will cut down the crowds.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdowning Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 28 mins ago, anb5 said: No trebles either. Curious if the slot will cut down the crowds.. I would be shocked if the slot had any effect on the numbers fishing. In many places where i fish, people claim to know nothing of regulations or licensing or, more likely, they willfully ignore them. I dont see that changing. The epo phone numbers are going to be on speed dial this season. I hate taking time out of fishing to call in violations, but frankly without more self policing and reporting we wont see much behavioral change. Seadogg, Tucker 63 and anb5 3 Pfantum Pfishah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfish Posted February 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2020 12 hours ago, anb5 said: No trebles either. Curious if the slot will cut down the crowds.. Good ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quan808 Posted February 28, 2020 Report Share Posted February 28, 2020 12 hours ago, bdowning said: I would be shocked if the slot had any effect on the numbers fishing. In many places where i fish, people claim to know nothing of regulations or licensing or, more likely, they willfully ignore them. I dont see that changing. The epo phone numbers are going to be on speed dial this season. I hate taking time out of fishing to call in violations, but frankly without more self policing and reporting we wont see much behavioral change. Unfortunately, this is a part of my fishing trips now. Game Warden on speed dial. I know you guys have a hard time getting these guys out. Maybe, followup each session to a post to their FB page saying if they did or did not show up so it can at least be tracked. In Galveston, TX where I fish usually out within the hour. My guy is a good reference too as he has given me advice on where to get bait and what is not necessarily illegal, but may be frowned upon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robc22 Posted February 28, 2020 Report Share Posted February 28, 2020 Us commercial guys just do our thing..........Don't even bother fishing for them anymore but I catch 1 once in awhile when I'm seabassing........They are a nice dinner fish........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandbar1 Posted February 28, 2020 Report Share Posted February 28, 2020 2 hours ago, quan808 said: Unfortunately, this is a part of my fishing trips now. Game Warden on speed dial. I know you guys have a hard time getting these guys out. Maybe, followup each session to a post to their FB page saying if they did or did not show up so it can at least be tracked. In Galveston, TX where I fish usually out within the hour. My guy is a good reference too as he has given me advice on where to get bait and what is not necessarily illegal, but may be frowned upon. I keep the number on speed dial as well. I almost exclusively fish late night shifts in out of the way spots now and rarely see a soul, never mind a poacher but when I do fish somewhere like the canal I'm always ready to make a call. Chasing false echoes Send lawyers, guns, and money - Zevon When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro - Thompson DITCH TROLL 333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jighead75 Posted February 28, 2020 Report Share Posted February 28, 2020 I hope it scales down the NJ and NY numbers on the canal this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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