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Originally Posted by thefishingfreak
40# cod, east of the bank, aren't full of eggs.
40# cod, off the b-bouy, are loaded.
big difference between rec and comm too. not knocking either one here.
put 25 boats into a square 1/8 mile with 6 guys snaggin' and you can wipe out the school in an few hours or so.
closure will be good for the stock.
a 58# cod is nice to reel in and makes for fine tablefare.
but dumpin' all those eggs overboard will give anyone the willys.
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Mike, Yes well said and I knew that one of you guys would say just that. Agreed it would be good for the stock. I'm just saying dead is dead and if you got that 58# cod 4 months ago it never would have been at the spawning ground. I am very glad it is closed now esp. for the netters. I am personally in favor of making commercial groundfishing a hook and line industry. A guy with a 35' boat with 3 jigging machines could do some damage. But far less than a 20 gillnets.
I'm not looking to stir anyone's pot, for I'm pissed that I am at work and can't fish but.....allot of the people, including yourself, think it is best to close the area during spawning, why have you been out there fishing?... I know, you can't say no when invited onto that awesome boat and I'd be right beside you if I had the chance. But I just find it interesting that guys say one thing but then do the other...I'd probably be no different.
Many of us have fun fished, mated or Captained on charters that sometimes see 6,8 even close to 1000 pound days when you get into a big school of "Big Cod" out east, never to squirt again.. How about all the mackeral caught in May full of eggs and white stuff, then we feed them to bass, I feel bad for them......for a minute, until Mr big is on the other end. Same goes for the herring too. Finally they shut it done but up till now guys would say they should shut it down but they would be the first one there in the morning if they could get a barrel full......it is all human nature I guess.
If the rulemakers were real serious on the stocks levels maybe they should have closed this area down to us recs on Nov 1. Who knows..Later