TWO BASS FOR RI CHARTER AND PARTY BOATS?

[buckman]

Originally Posted by MAKAI

Just having a little fun with you Buckman.
For years fishing was almost a no brainer at many spots.
Drag wire, catch fish. But the last few years you have to work a little harder at it, adapt to different methods. Vertical jig, live line, eels, varying it up a bit.
At the race, especially after mid July they can be difficult to find. Wasn't always that way. Mid summer at Billingsgate is just about boat less now. The Elizabeth islands used to be almost a lock all summer. Not so much the last few seasons. Something is up and who knows for sure what it is.
You can probably gleen from anything I posted that I don't buy the science line. A 50% chance is a coin toss.
I trust my eyes and those of a lot of people I know that have been out there a very long time. Been through this once and it would really suck to do it again.

What harm can come from a very conservative approach ?
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I absolutely appreciate your points .
Fisheries do change over time.
Hell we used to tunafish with hand lines and 400 pound mono.
The fish have gotten smarter, the bait has moved and the ecosystem has changed.
I'm not really a gambling man so I usually error on the side of caution.
But that caution runs both ways.
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