TWO BASS FOR RI CHARTER AND PARTY BOATS?

[zacs]

Originally Posted by buckman

So you cleverly phrased your statement so that either way you're right.
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I don't think I am all that clever. Either way I am right. you can't have your cake and eat it too.

Either:

A) Professional fishermen will follow fish inshore, offshore, east & west, to fill their 2 fish limit on most days, be it 28", 33" or probably 36"

B) There are not enough fish left for professional fishermen to find their 2 fish limit per guest of fish 33"+ on many days, either inshore or offshore, or anywhere legally fishable.

If the answer is B, then would you not agree that we have a SERIOUS SERIOUS issue, and take even more drastic measures??

I personally think the answer is A. So if you let charters take 2@33, all you are doing is doubling the amount that the charter fleet will take in 2015. How could that be good for the health of the resource? Use all the fisheries mgmt math you want, taking twice as many fish CAN NOT BE THE SAME.

[buckman]

Originally Posted by zacs

I don't think I am all that clever. Either way I am right. you can't have your cake and eat it too.

Either:

A) Professional fishermen will follow fish inshore, offshore, east & west, to fill their 2 fish limit on most days, be it 28", 33" or probably 36"

B) There are not enough fish left for professional fishermen to find their 2 fish limit per guest of fish 33"+ on many days, either inshore or offshore, or anywhere legally fishable.

If the answer is B, then would you not agree that we have a SERIOUS SERIOUS issue, and take even more drastic measures??

I personally think the answer is A. So if you let charters take 2@33, all you are doing is doubling the amount that the charter fleet will take in 2015. How could that be good for the health of the resource? Use all the fisheries mgmt math you want, taking twice as many fish CAN NOT BE THE SAME.

You can't follow the bass offshore .
It's called fishing not catching
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[zacs]

Originally Posted by buckman

You can't follow the bass offshore .
It's called fishing not catching
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OK, so anyway, you follow them wherever they are legally caught.

I don't know you personally, but I get the feeling you are probably just playing devil's advocate to try to stir the pot a little. Which is fine with me, I do it all the time.

I think the vast majority of comm/rec/charter fishermen would agree that 2@33 will basically double the take of the charter fleet vs. 1@28... and is just about status quo vs. 2@28.

I feel that is a bad thing. I guess you and a few others don't. Only time will tell....