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Originally Posted by riff_raff
Actually, the worst class of fisherman to the striper is probably the expert catch and release fly-fisherman that hooks 50 fish a day. They probably kill more fish per trip than an entire 6 pack charter that limits out. At least on the charter boat they target big fish, catching very few shorts, then usually call it a day once the limit is reached.
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Ugh.
A C&R flyfisherman probably kills about 2% of what he hooks (an accepted number for barbless single hooks and small fish).
Even if he killed the standard CR number of 12% (which he doesn't) he would kill 6 fish in your scenario....which is 1/2 what the 6 pack charter kills taking their limit (not counting the 4 extra fish kept under the mate and captain's allowance and another 12% of what they release).
Also, charter boats do not call it a day after the limit is reached, they fish out the alloted hours. Then there is the issue that killing big (female) fish damages the breeding population much more than killing small fish. Furthermore, the charter boat does this day after day after day.....the average recreational fisherman fishes many less hours a season.
If you want to argue that charter boat kill is recreational kill, fine. There is no need, however, to propagate clueless exaggerated myths about the impact of C&R fishing.