[Rockfish9]

keep what you need... release the rest in a timely manner.. nothing wrong with a plate of fresh caught fish.... even frozen it's still is fresher and healtheir than anything you can buy in the store...

but anyone that doesn't think there is a lapse in year classes surely has their head in the sand... and IMHO, that is just what it is a lapse( poor year classses)not over fishing.. just because one area is producing well does not mean "all is well"....large fish are much scarcer along the majority of coast line than they have been in many years .. and as these fish grow old.. it's to be expected..it's not a bait issue... there are acres of mackerel, squid sand eels and more whiting than I have seen since the 70's.... the most encoraging thing is the number of small and medium fish ( to about 15lbs)....they are everywhere... even taking up huants normally patroled by much larger specimines.. I'm not saying the larger fish are gone... "50's" are still around .. even to the NH boarder....