Tuna From Shore

[likwid]

MakoMike: You need to start fighting back whenever people complain about plovers and dogfish then. If you're so adamant about regulation then start backing them all.

[MakoMike]

I complain about the plover and dogfish regs. But just because I don't like them doesn't mean I go out and break them.

Originally Posted by MakoMike

I complain about the plover and dogfish regs.

I hate them things.

I've caught a few Tuna from shore in my younger days...Oh what a fight.

[fishweewee]

I just don't understand why NMFS won't issue the same boat permit for shore anglers, as crazy as that sounds. What's the big deal? Shore anglers are far less likely to land a tuna than their boat brethren, NMFS could rake in the bux. Kinda like the lottery.

[STRIPERSHAWN]

my brother was fishing next too the guy from conn,who caught that tuna at ant hill, had a hell of a fight him and his buddy landed it and put it in the cooler a female ranger came down immieditly too look at the catch and told him to release it he said he had a permit but not on him it was in his boat ,she took down his numbers and other info he said he could keep the fish as he said it was a yellow fin not a buel fin so the ranger had a hand book as they treid too i d the fish she did not even know the rules looked real stupid looking at a book arguing with this guy as you cant keep a tuna from shore and it was not a yellow fin,are these rangers game wardens also?because if they are they need to go back to school , anyway the put the fish in the cooler and left,my brother continued to fish and he hooked up with a lg. bluefish right after the guy left the ,in which he released in the surf the female ranger then came down to him and wanted to know what he just released in the water acting real warden like,what business is it what you release in the surf my brother said she looked like a total fool arguing with this guy and did not know what she was looking at to begin with ,if your going too inforce the law please know it ,or stick too the beach stickers shawn from ludlow mass

[Mr. Sandman]

Again this illustrates how rule makers are out of touch with reality. I don't understand the permit reasons in the first place! (I have one though) What are they actually doing besides issuing permits? I see no reason for permitting except that it is a baby step towards saltwater fishing lic's. I think what ever they are doing could be done without permits. For the most part there is little enforcement. It is nearly impossible to enforce this.

How many of you actaully sent in your catch results of tuna fishing EACH DAY YOU WENT? You are suppose to within 24 hours of fishing. I am calling the feds on you.

Surf fishing...If you catch one I doubt anyone will say anything but the rule is you have to release it. In my view, they never considered the possiblity of a surf caster being able to catch one so they made the lic for boats.

[Pete_G]

Whether it was a yellowfin or a bluefin would be pretty irrelevant, no? Both are regulated.

Juveniles are very tough to tell apart. It's blatantly obvious it was a bluefin by where it was caught though. Everyone and their brother were coming into the shop this summer telling me they were catching "yellowfin" a mile off Newport....