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Originally Posted by JackK
Barely any draggers in SNE will be working cod this year... No quota. Each year for the past three I've heard of more (and larger) cod caught by people blackfishing, right off newport.
While the rec guys do a significant toll on the stock, there are a LOT of fish down there. I'd be willing to bet that you could catch cod from the RI beaches this year. The lack of commercial pressure is going to cause them to bounce back, big time.
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Part of it is timing.
read a report from last week that the fish were full of baby batter, and getting ready to spawn.
But what the hell, whats the harm, it's all rec fishing. whats the harm in 10 fish/day x Y anglers/boat x Z Boats/day fishing....
one of these years soon, it will be 'what happened to the Jan -March cod bite south of the Island?'