TWO BASS FOR RI CHARTER AND PARTY BOATS?

[JLH]

Originally Posted by thefishingfreak

-2% difference, That's Still over the 25% reduction we all agree on.Heck it's even 4%HIGHER.
That's not good enough for you. You want everyone to have the same limits. The same playing field, Regardless of the reduction numbers.
As Nebe said, This isn't about the reduction, this is about charter boats having a different limit then rec guys.
Charter boats have different regs for many other species, Why not Bass?
Obviously the powers that be in the past have agreed that charter boats are not the same and set different rules accordingly

The problem with charters having different regulations is that the reduction percentages are based on all recreational anglers having the same limits. You can't have different limits for the various recreational user groups and achieve the same reduction.

With 1 @28" the charter guys get hit harder than the average recreational guy who probably has trouble even getting 1@28 most of the time. With 2@33 the average recreation guys get hit harder because they now need to catch a 33" fish instead of a 28" fish and that rarely happens but for the charters it's pretty much business as usual. If you slice it up and the average rec guy gets 1@28 and the charters get 2@33 then the overall reduction drops to well below the target of 25%.

Again, the reduction percentages are based on the entire recreational sector having the same limits and with any of the available options one group is going to take the brunt of the reduction. If you slice it up and cherry pick from the options based on each recreational user group you won't achieve the target reduction.