paul . the problem with what your saying & I agree is try telling it to the all the guys fishing BI . the commercial when it was open ...which they personally closed very quickly …………………...the charter boats from RI, MA CONN< NY . the black market boats &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& all the rec boats ………...all these boats get to slam them every day …& the next day & the next day .
I really don,t know for sure what difference it makes , but it can,t be helping to be catching these XK breaders .40, 50 & 60,s on a regular basis .
& catch and release .I question the C&R when they are caught on wire .with jigs & umbrellas ……….. when hooked .pulled thru the water while most boats keep on jigging hauled in the boat & at some time tossed back in .
again I,m no saint & I do commercially fish them & if I could I would fish BI .
But it would be nice to put it off limits & enforce it but the charters will never let that happen ……….. even thro when they arn,t killng them at the block the majority of these same guys are crying .>there ain,t no bass ……………. which is B/S ………...just that its not like fishing in a hatchery or these same guys don,t have a clue on how or were to find them
Yes it was a very difficult year to catch commercial size bass in the bay……………. it took less than a week for the 100, s of boats that have been fishing the spring run to completely disappear .
Yet there were a handful of very hard core bass fisherman that had very successful season ….. but they truly earned it ><>
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