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Originally Posted by numbskull

Probably not. The 2011 year class is large enough that there likely will be reasonable numbers of fish to be caught. They'll weigh about 10-11 lbs by then. The ASMFC is counting on this which is why they are in no rush to reign in mortality. The large fish will have been all killed under current guidelines (and in accordance with current law as MM is sure to point out) so the quality of the fishery will likely be poor.

A more realistic scenario is that in 5 years we all will be bluefishermen by choice...........if we want to catch a fish that can pull drag.

Good point George.