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Originally Posted by FishTwoO
It's common practice when RI commercial season closes and MASS opens the RI guys don't change fishing grounds they just change where they bring the fish.They do hold MASS licenses.The mentality is the fine won't make a dent in the profits and the odds of getting caught are slim to none.
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Just goes to show you what kind of chumps we are here. Our DMF knows this is happening, and yet makes the license and bass endorsement available to any out of stater who wants one, for less than the cost of one day's fuel.
IMO if your state won't grant a Mass resident a commercial license (either because they're grandfathered like Rhody, or you're in a gamefish state like CT, NH and Maine), you shouldn't be able to get one here.
Not that those RI fish were going to migrate up here anyway, but it's just the principle of it. But if you take 200,000 lbs of RI fish out of the market, our season lasts a couple of weeks longer
