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Originally Posted by Fisherwoman
Ok I gotta jump in here for a minute, 1st of all as a charter boat you have to carry a federal permit on you boat which covers all ground fish and striped Bass and bluefish, we have to send them in a slip for every trip we do and the count of every fish we catch and wether they are kept or released. So as for the charter fleet they know exactly how many fish we are catchihng. We also have to carry a commerical permit as well if we want to commerical fish for striped bass. Those permits also require documentation for every fish you keep and sell.
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This is presuming that everyone appropriately reports their catch. How many people do you know that travel the speed limit? The risks of getting caught seem about the same.
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This back and forth argument between recreational anglers and commercial rod and reel anglers is really getting old.
The difference between recreation anglers is this, they can keep 2 fish per day over 28 inches.
Rod and reel commercial fisherman can keep Striped Bass OVER 34inchs and UP !! 30 bass a day, 3 days a week, and 5 fish per day on sunday. Now I just want to say that there are a ton of commercial fisherman that we know out on the water around Boston harbor and they are lucky if they total 15 commercial fish in a WEEK.
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True, but commercial fishermen don't get paid by the fish, they're paid by the pound so with bag limits, they target the biggest, oldest, healthiest fish. That removes those healthy 20+ year olds from the gene pool. Reports have been released that the Striped Bass are getting thinner relative to size, and point to these activities as a possible cause.
Reports around Boston Harbor seem to have been weak (maybe due to overfishing???
) so it's no wonder people may have issues. Come on out to the Race and you'll see dozens of boats often maxing out every trip, it's no big secret.
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the other issue is forage for the fish, if we want these bass back in inshore waters than they need food to eat, if there is no bait there are no bass, simple logic, we saw it happen last year in the harbor when they took almost all of the pogies out of the inner harbor.
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Agreed. But, the seals would need to be dealt with as well.