TWO BASS FOR RI CHARTER AND PARTY BOATS?

[thefishingfreak]

So you want to give the guys with the 50 passenger party boats who pound block island twice a day, a 2 fish limit because they are "real charter boats" but the 6 pack guys who take clients out 2 days a week aren't allowed because it doesn't represent a high enough percentage of their income?
Brilliant

[scottw]

Originally Posted by thefishingfreak

So you want to give the guys with the 50 passenger party boats who pound block island twice a day, a 2 fish limit because they are "real charter boats" but the 6 pack guys who take clients out 2 days a week aren't allowed because it doesn't represent a high enough percentage of their income?
Brilliant

sounds like they might get to do it either way...unless everyone is fishing at 1@.....the Canal massacre was an interesting point... the way things stand , the Canal massacre should be half as bad next year...looks like the BI massacre could be pretty much the same

[bobber]

well- the "its not fair" statement is exactly the point of these 20 pages of discussion, isn't it? just because "its the law" sure as hell doesn't mean its fair.....

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by scottw

sounds like they might get to do it either way...unless everyone is fishing at 1@.....the Canal massacre was an interesting point... the way things stand , the Canal massacre should be half as bad next year...looks like the BI massacre could be pretty much the same

They'll just dump the smaller fish in the woods one fish sooner than they did last year. Or run one at a time up to their trucks instead of two at a time.