New rules

[Headhunter]

Originally Posted by Clammer

HH ya could have ssaid HELLO

D/Z & I were talking about freshwater

All in all I like to keep a low profile, that is why I choose to submit in writing. If I could find the darn place to send it, lol. I will have to look at the dem site I am sure it is there.

[Clammer]

I,m waiting for a e-mail address /if it comes I,ll get it to you

[Headhunter]

Much appreciated.
Maybe some others will follow suit and we might have a prayer avoiding a moratorium.

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Headhunter

Much appreciated.
Maybe some others will follow suit and we might have a prayer avoiding a moratorium.

Bring it. Shut the whole thing down. Save the bass. Anyone opposed to it is obviously selling bass to their favorite restaurant.
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[Guppy]

Originally Posted by Nebe

Bring it. Shut the whole thing down. Save the bass. Anyone opposed to it is obviously selling bass to their favorite restaurant.
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This,,, just start er up again before I’m gone...

[tlapinski]

Comments for Rhode Island may be submitted as follows:

RI Department of Environmental Management
ATTN: Peter Duhamel
3 Fort Wetherill Road
Jamestown, RI 02835
peter.duhamel@dem.ri.gov

[Headhunter]

Originally Posted by tlapinski

Comments for Rhode Island may be submitted as follows:

RI Department of Environmental Management
ATTN: Peter Duhamel
3 Fort Wetherill Road
Jamestown, RI 02835
peter.duhamel@dem.ri.gov

Thanks my good man!!

[Headhunter]

Originally Posted by Nebe

Bring it. Shut the whole thing down. Save the bass. Anyone opposed to it is obviously selling bass to their favorite restaurant.
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If you need to sell bass to fish you need a different job my man unless you are a licensed commercial. The commercial guys are not the problem either.

Thousands of charter boats x 3 to 5 people, multiply that times 2 times a day. I think that could be contributing to the problem. 28 to 35 will hopefully give the stocks a chance to replenish. We all need to do our share.

[bart]

Originally Posted by Headhunter

If you need to sell bass to fish you need a different job my man unless you are a licensed commercial. The commercial guys are not the problem either.

Thousands of charter boats x 3 to 5 people, multiply that times 2 times a day. I think that could be contributing to the problem. 28 to 35 will hopefully give the stocks a chance to replenish. We all need to do our share.

^^^ This, too
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[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Headhunter

If you need to sell bass to fish you need a different job my man unless you are a licensed commercial. The commercial guys are not the problem either.

Thousands of charter boats x 3 to 5 people, multiply that times 2 times a day. I think that could be contributing to the problem. 28 to 35 will hopefully give the stocks a chance to replenish. We all need to do our share.

I’m pretty sure most mates and even captains are keeping one a day to sell. Plus all those charter guests are taking them to either eat, give away or sell. Heck.looking back 10 or so years ago, a top dog charter captain/guide would let his son take his boat out every night and load her up to sell...
I was so disgusted I just quit surfcasting... corruption is not just a government problem. It’s also a problem when the people who are most vocal, published and making endorsements are also selling their catch. When a dude is stacking 6 20 pound bass in the bushes to sell every day, that is a pretty high paying job, don’t you think ??

Sorry for the rant.
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[piemma]

Originally Posted by Nebe

Bring it. Shut the whole thing down. Save the bass. Anyone opposed to it is obviously selling bass to their favorite restaurant.
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God I have been saying this since 2009. Moratorium or Game Fish status. And Eben, you're right, anyone who doesn't agree is selling.

[JFigliuolo]

Originally Posted by piemma

God I have been saying this since 2009. Moratorium or Game Fish status. And Eben, you're right, anyone who doesn't agree is selling.

A HUGE issue is lack of enforcement. Make all the rules you want. If they are not enforced only the people who care will follow them and for the most part they are NOT the problem.

[Headhunter]

What about the people that are taking fish to put on the table? Any fish market you go to would love to have stripe bass to sell at 14 to 20.00 a pound because people happen to like it. I think it is a great tasting filet if the fish is 10 to 14 or 16 pounds. On that basis it would sadden me to see a moratorium, unfortunately I think we might damn well end up there. Option 3,1 fish 28 to 35 is the best option being offered. I would still like to see a "holy grail slot" 48" and above with a split mode weight limit. So I guess I don't agree, and like I said before I released in the neighborhood of 50 fish last season that were above 35"

Who ever is selling fish to restaurants is going to keep doing it. It was and will continue to be illegal, no slot limit or moratorium is going to stop them. We need much stronger enforcement and harsher penalties to stop that.