Rhode Island Charter Boat limit 1 or 2 fish

[buckman]

Originally Posted by scottw

a bit tongue in cheek as it is the user group that all of this is about and the one that is seemingly absent in body and voice from the debate....that's the first attempt I've seen to quantify them...so we should keep a two fish bag limit for 225-250 trips a year so that approx. 2% who won't fish without the knowledge that they can keep two fish can have their fish?....and complicate the entire process....makes perfect sense....again...if it's so vitally important to this user group....it would be good to actually hear from them>>> I suspect many of the don't even know the discussions are going on

225 to 250 a year ????? You just make #^&#^&#^&#^& up
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[scottw]

Originally Posted by buckman

225 to 250 a year ????? You just make #^&#^&#^&#^& up
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just going by what Linesider82 stated..give me a number Buck.........why don't you produce 1 client who won't charter if they can't have 2 bass..that's the guy we're looking for and maybe he can explain why we're going through all of this nonsense so that he can keep his second fish....

[buckman]

Originally Posted by scottw

just going by what Linesider82 stated..give me a number Buck.........why don't you produce 1 client who won't charter if they can't have 2 bass..that's the guy we're looking for and maybe he can explain why we're going through all of this nonsense so that he can keep his second fish....

We book maybe 15 to 20 .
At 1 @ 28 we will book half I figure . Cod is another story . Last year we booked 25 or so
This year 0
Would you pay 1200 dollars , drive up from jersey with your buddies , book a room , spend a couple hundred dining out , use up some valuable vaca time knowing you could only take home a couple fillets ?
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[scottw]

Originally Posted by buckman

We book maybe 15 to 20 .
At 1 @ 28 we will book half I figure . Cod is another story . Last year we booked 25 or so
This year 0
Would you pay 1200 dollars , drive up from jersey with your buddies , book a room , spend a couple hundred dining out , use up some valuable vaca time knowing you could only take home a couple fillets ?
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if i spent 1200 doing all of that the last thing i'd give a crap about is a couple fillets...you assume the fillets are the deal breaker for these folks, i give them the benefit of the doubt, maybe they enjoy the whole trip

[MAKAI]

Originally Posted by buckman

We book maybe 15 to 20 .
At 1 @ 28 we will book half I figure . Cod is another story . Last year we booked 25 or so
This year 0
Would you pay 1200 dollars , drive up from jersey with your buddies , book a room , spend a couple hundred dining out , use up some valuable vaca time knowing you could only take home a couple fillets ?
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Nope !
I'd head south.
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[MakoMike]

Originally Posted by buckman

Would you pay 1200 dollars , drive up from jersey with your buddies , book a room , spend a couple hundred dining out , use up some valuable vaca time knowing you could only take home a couple fillets ?
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NJ (and NY) already have adopted a two fish limit for all anglers.

[zimmy]

Originally Posted by buckman

Would you pay 1200 dollars , drive up from jersey with your buddies , book a room , spend a couple hundred dining out , use up some valuable vaca time knowing you could only take home a couple fillets ?
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I and thousands of others pay that to go to Hatteras every year to, if we are lucky, catch and release a big drum. Many pay much more than that to go to the tropics to catch and release bonefish or tarpon. For most of us, it isn't about the fillets and there is really not much better use of valuable vacation time. Maybe your customers have different priorities or maybe it is your economic interests that skew your perceptions of why people fish.

[buckman]

Originally Posted by zimmy

I and thousands of others pay that to go to Hatteras every year to, if we are lucky, catch and release a big drum. Many pay much more than that to go to the tropics to catch and release bonefish or tarpon. For most of us, it isn't about the fillets and there is really not much better use of valuable vacation time. Maybe your customers have different priorities or maybe it is your economic interests that skew your perceptions of why people fish.

Im done . Live in your world Zimmy
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[zimmy]

Originally Posted by buckman

Im done . Live in your world Zimmy
Enjoy
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You imply that my world is not reality. That means that what I and Sea Dangles said is not true. Since it is, I am not sure where that leaves you.

[t.orlando]

Originally Posted by buckman

We book maybe 15 to 20 .
At 1 @ 28 we will book half I figure . Cod is another story . Last year we booked 25 or so
This year 0
Would you pay 1200 dollars , drive up from jersey with your buddies , book a room , spend a couple hundred dining out , use up some valuable vaca time knowing you could only take home a couple fillets ?
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No, I would stay in NJ...book a cheaper charter, save on expenses and get my fillets there. If I was just in it for the fillets.

[MikeToole]

[QUOTE=buckman;1065799]We book maybe 15 to 20 .
Would you pay 1200 dollars , drive up from jersey with your buddies , book a room , spend a couple hundred dining out , use up some valuable vaca time knowing you could only take home a couple fillets ?

Having grown up in Highlands NJ and still fish down there in May and October I would say anyone coming up from NJ willing to pay 1200 plus cost for a striper charter are not concerned about bring home fish. They are coming up for the fun and desire to catch bigger fish. If the were just interested in meat they would stay home and spend the money on a trip to fish the canyons. They would come home with far more fish and much better eating fish. If they want stripers for eating they would be far better to fish for them at home since they have not seen quite the same decrease in numbers as New England has seen, plus they could find a six hour trip for about 600 for six.. When NJ people come up in the winter and spring for cod that is a different story, then they are more interested in meat.

[Linesider82]

Originally Posted by buckman

225 to 250 a year ????? You just make #^&#^&#^&#^& up
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no, those are actual numbers they run mostly 2 trips per day, and during the height of the year run 3
30 x 2 = 60 trips per month, times 4 = 240

So if you have days like a Monday or Tuesday where you didn't run 2 trips, you run 3 on weekends and make up for it. The math is not that difficult