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Originally Posted by hq2
Clarification: I was referring to the charter guys, which of course
are actually different from the straight commercial fishermen. There ought to be some way that charter guys could keep two; I mean, as
someone pointed out, a lot of folks only charter once a year, while a lot of the regular guys are catching keepers every week, so they're actually taking home many less fish. Or maybe they could just keep it as is, and allow one for the captain and mate, giving a de facto about two keepers per charter hire.
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how often you fish or whether or not you pay someone to take you fishing should not exempt you from the regulations that everyone else is following in my opinion, how often you fish is up to you.....why is it assumed that the clients won't be satisfied with enjoying the "fishing" part of fishing and need at least two fish for everyone on board plus something for the people on board who aren't fishing to be content with their fishing trip? they must be livid if they don't get something to keep
....I guess I just have a different perspective...I don't have any issue with anglers keeping fish but no one has explained to me yet why 1 fish(bass) per day is not enough for a person to take home, bass are not scup or bsb, fluke(and they can take some of these home too btw)...they're much larger generally, particularly for the boat folks...can shore folks keep two if they hire a guide?...and one(or two) for the guide even if he isn't fishing....it gets very convoluted and creates animosity( or probably fans the flames of already existing animosity)when you start making these exceptions