new DMF guy is on the case

[Fish On]

Is that your boy Jim with the 6.4 pounder and your wife with the 5.5? Congrats!

Where's the Sandman fish?

[Mr. Sandman]

FO :

The captain rarely gets to wet a line on my boat....Between the bluefish, dogfish, bait, tangles and boat positioning details it is hard to find time to actually fish myself. I actaully got mad at my crew because I didn't get to fish and forced them to unhook their own spiny dogfish and untangle their own lines. I did manage a few fish but nothing that made the board. The kids and wife won a ton of good stuff (most of which I could use )

That is why I go fishing by myslef a lot...so I actually get to fish. (like tonight )

[MakoMike]

Sandy,
Re:"The 10.5 in scup law with an Aug 31 rec season closure just goes to show you how out of touch the DMF is when it comes to the fish"

It was an ASMFC mandate, all the DMF could do was pick the season, i.e. start May 1st and close Aug. 31st or open July 1st and go to Oct 31st.

[Mr. Sandman]

MM, whatever. Then ASMFC are out of touch. My point was that if they were in touch then prior limits of 100+ fish per man were perhaps too high for the last few years. No rec needs limits that high on any fish. 10 fish per DAY is still 70 fish per week. That is more then any family can consume. Does anyone need 700 scup per week for rec fishing? what is the point? and to "fix" their mistake, they create unenforceable size and season rules...unreal. Keep it simple and straight forward, it is not that hard. Again, I feel all fishery management are out of touch with reality. They don't act rationally and then are forced to move to the extreme.

Everytime I see a trawler or netter in a sound or bay it outright sickens me. IMO there is absolutely no need for this kind of fishing.

[macojoe]

comercial scup for rod and reel is 100 pound a day right now and it goes 400 pounds as of Aug 1st with 9 inches as the limt.

Recreational guys taking it in the a$$ There are some big Scup out there right now