fluke

[Mr. Sandman]

There are a ton of 15" fish out there...frankly this is a case where the comm guys pound fish and the rec's scratch. IMO there should be no difference. If it is good enough for a comm to take them then the rec should keep them as well. The reason I say that is the rec will actually kill far more fluke just to get a few keepers. It makes no sense. This is another case of regulators who don't have a grasp of the real world.


As far as big fluke ...looks bad this year around here. However, eastern long island is murdering giant fluke. 8/10/12lers are being caught like joe is catching 15" fish.

[Sea Dangles]

First drift on Lucas I had a 6 lb fish and thought I was in for a slamathon. The rest of the day was comm size only.

[striperman36]

I wonder how many boats in Pt. Judith target fluke and are high gradin their catch?

[eastendlu]

There are no fluke or for that matter any fish in Eastern Long Island.

[macojoe]

Shoals use to be a great area to get nice Fluke!! But the draggers have been pounding the area hard for the last few years and it is junk now!

I agree with Sandman that the size for Comm and Rec should be the same.
And everything that comes up in the draggers nets should have to be kept and count against the quota! To much fish kill dumped cause of culling!!

[MakoMike]

Originally Posted by macojoe

Shoals use to be a great area to get nice Fluke!! But the draggers have been pounding the area hard for the last few years and it is junk now!

I agree with Sandman that the size for Comm and Rec should be the same.
And everything that comes up in the draggers nets should have to be kept and count against the quota! To much fish kill dumped cause of culling!!

You do realize that those are two contradictory statements?

[striperman36]

saw a large near work today