Striper meeting rant.

[Ed B]

Originally Posted by Mike P

The irony is, years ago, before there were any bag limits, you got to take home one fish of your choice from 99% of the bass charters in the area. The rest went "to the boat" no matter who caught them. That didn't stop guys like Sabatowski from booking a whole season.

That is so true, it was always understood that nobody took home more than 1 fish and when I was a fish packer in Harwichport during college we had three charter boats that unloaded at our place from Saquatucket and Wychmere that went to Nantucket shoals everyday all summer long. It was almost all bluefish and if I told you how FEW bass were packed in July and Aug you would never believe it. But the charters were still booked because people who want to go fishing will go fishing.
Nowadays the captains who say they need to offer 2 bass are just meat wagon drivers hedging the bet in their favor.

[Sea Flat]

We all need to go to one fish per outing, wouldn't mind a size increase too in order to let the 28-32" fish have a chance to breed a couple times first. I agree with the above statements, if it was one per customer they would still absolutely go fishing. Think about the logic, does a person go fishing on a charter just to catch two fish and then finish fishing? Bogus!!