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View Poll Results: galf or not to galf?
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yes i galf them
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never use a galf
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cut the line and set them free
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08-17-2004, 05:49 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: NECT
Posts: 90
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to galf or not to galf
i was thinking of using a galf when i know the fish is legit size to help get them up on the breachway. but i was told by other fishermen that its a big NO NO?
what is everyone's opinion on this?
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08-17-2004, 06:53 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Its against the law for one!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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08-17-2004, 06:56 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: MA
Posts: 3,630
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Only fish i gaff is one that im gonna keep.
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08-17-2004, 07:28 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Still illegal! |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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08-17-2004, 07:37 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: MA
Posts: 3,630
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SO is bait shops selling gaffs, kinda like headshops selling waterpipes???  |
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08-17-2004, 09:04 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 5,704
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It ain't illegal in RI.You'll find no referance to gaffing being illegal in the full RI Saltwater abstract.
Check it out at www.state.ri.us/dem. |
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08-17-2004, 10:12 PM
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Below Me
Join Date: May 2003
Location: low
Posts: 2,909
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what the foksa galf?
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08-17-2004, 10:43 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Warwick RI,02889
Posts: 11,786
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I gaffed every @#$%^^& Bluefish I caught yesterday //they were too big to left in ====then I went right up tight at Castle hill,, and thru them to the people on the rocks ,they just about killed each other trying to get too then ,, the smaller ones either I give to the lobster boat next to me ,or the go into my eel trap /that then becomes my green crab trap [[which someone cleaned out last week of over 200 green crabs///
no more BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOfish will leave alive again ///////////////////////////// |
ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE !!!
MIKE
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08-18-2004, 04:00 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Gloucester Massachusetts
Posts: 2,678
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08-18-2004, 05:20 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
Posts: 17,125
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Quote:
Originally posted by BigFish
Still illegal!
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show me where it says it's illegal |
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08-18-2004, 06:10 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,649
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I have gaffed fish from a boat many times. Not anything I am going to release though.
If I fished from a jetty more I would make a jetty gaff.
illegal? never heard of that!!
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08-18-2004, 06:14 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: jerseyshore
Posts: 4,949
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Its certainly not illegal in NJ.
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08-18-2004, 07:37 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
Posts: 8,555
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I never use a gaff.
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Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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08-18-2004, 07:39 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
Posts: 5,451
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It's not illegal and I lip gaff almost all the bigger fish I catch.
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Why even try......... 
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08-18-2004, 08:21 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Warwick RI,02889
Posts: 11,786
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I believe its illigal in Conn =but so is ChrisL  |
ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE !!!
MIKE
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08-18-2004, 08:27 AM
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Here fishy fishy
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Whoville
Posts: 2,266
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"galfing" elminates the fun of walking down a breachway to retrieve the fish....
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08-18-2004, 08:35 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: jerseyshore
Posts: 4,949
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Thats funny.  |
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08-18-2004, 09:08 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: location
Posts: 626
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Very strange....
It used to be listed on the Mass Div of Marine fisheries website, and the saltwater fishing guide that gaffing of striped bass is illegal. I just went on line to check and it is no longer listed in either the guide or the regs? I decided to call the EP's to see if the law was changed, and from what they said it was. You cannot gaff a fish less than 28 inches, and you cannot gaff a fish you intend to release. They did say if it was a legal sized fish you can use a gaff.
Does anyone have a copy of last years saltwater fishing guide? I'm almost positive it was listed in there.
Anything over 30#'s now gets the gaff, this will make life a lot easier:-)
EP's # is (800) 632-8075 if anyone wants to confirm...
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08-18-2004, 12:20 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
Posts: 5,659
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Its illegal in NY but not in RI.
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08-18-2004, 12:22 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: location
Posts: 626
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Quote:
Originally posted by MakoMike
Its illegal in NY but not in RI.
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Is anything illegal in RI;-)
Does RI still let people kill stripers with spearguns? |
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08-18-2004, 02:53 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: in a structure with a roof
Posts: 6,049
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Im being removed from the Ct rolls ! they found out Ive been here illegally ( thanks clamm rake ) . now Im moving to warwick RI . can you believe RI doesnt have any laws banning me from their borders .. I cant !
whos your neighbor ?
there is no galfing in Ct unless its on an approved course .
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08-18-2004, 03:56 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
Posts: 5,659
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SJ,
I don't know of any state where its illegal to spear legal size stripers. OTOH I ain't a spear fisherman.
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08-18-2004, 06:06 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: NECT
Posts: 90
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good thing for my human spell checker 
now i can win that spelling BEE i was after 
Quote:
Originally posted by beachwalker
what the foksa galf?
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08-18-2004, 07:06 PM
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Seal Control
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Caver, Ma.
Posts: 3,875
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When I am Commercial Bass fishing I gaff all that is leagle as there is no time wasted on landing a fish!!
But I very rarely gaff a recreation fish !!
Years ago when I use to fish the canale I made a gaff 10 feet long so i would not have to crawl down the rocks to get my fish.
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08-19-2004, 02:15 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: location
Posts: 626
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Quote:
Originally posted by MakoMike
SJ,
I don't know of any state where its illegal to spear legal size stripers. OTOH I ain't a spear fisherman.
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It's illegal in Ma, just confirmed...
Last edited by S-Journey; 08-19-2004 at 02:46 PM..
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08-19-2004, 02:38 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 372
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gaffing and spearfishing stripers are both illegal in CT.
We also do not have a commercial fishery for stripers.
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08-19-2004, 08:37 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Warren River
Posts: 320
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Clammer,
I thought you used the gaff for a blu)(*&(*&^%$#$$(&(*&fish hook.
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Enjoying Life !
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08-19-2004, 10:19 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Warwick RI,02889
Posts: 11,786
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Mega --I thought you were gonna call me ===========unfortunitly i<ve had a relaps /with all these @#$%^&*(@#$%^&* BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOfish around ///ordering a 4 blade prop. so I have a 33% more chance of chopping more fish   |
ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE !!!
MIKE
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08-19-2004, 10:21 PM
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M.S.B.A.
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: I live in the Villiage of Hyannis in the Town of Barnstable in the Commonwealth of MA
Posts: 2,795
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Gaffing is now legal in MA...
it is still inethical in my opinion...buy a proper net
Spearing ANY S-B in Ma is very illegal
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