Comercial rod striper season

[clambelly]

first of all, commercial fisherman in mass have no say in the scup or the squid regs. the scup are regulated by the ASMFC, and the squid are regulated by NMFS. so if you have a beef about the regs in those two species, take it up with those agencies, don't dump on mass commercial fisherman.

as for the striped bass fishery, i agree with you in a sense that folks should have to prove they are making at least half their income off fishing in order to obtain a commercial license.

[Clammer]

how are you gonna get 25% of income in RI /when the spring quota is 4 fish per license & the fall is 3 fish // typical RI style // They cut the spring season super short /& the one on Labor day weekend they cut after only 5 days / & that weekend had 3 days /just about unfishable ;;;; now they can,t fill the quota // is it added on to next years / or is the quota cut because it wasn,t reached ...

But go figure =herring are in trouble / Mass, RI &Conn / banned the take of them /// yet the inshore trawlers do a number on them in N,D & J ;;;

The striper is already in trouble ;;;

in RI the trap size is considerably less that the R & R //

&&&&&& Gods not even sure of the Bycatch kill ;;;

what,s Marylands size limit /// it was 12" when the rest of the coast was 16"

If th law states you can keep two 28" fish or you can sell so many when ------ & how its a law & I don,t have a problem with it ;; It would be nice if we all on the same playing field ;;;

there is talk of a scup & summer Flounder Cutback for 2007 ===who will benefit from that ??????????

My biggest beef is the continuing on people talking shorts to eat & [or] sell ;;;;

DEM is sooooooooooo f$%^&*( cut in RI now // its just about simple to break any law & get away with it //

I can count on two hand how many times I,ve seen the dem aroung this year & on [no] hands the times that they were actually engaged in some kind of work // besides bodie,s searches & boating accidents ..

Fifteen years ago I would see them on a daily basis on the water & agian the same day at the S/F dealers ;; I havn,t been checked in the last 15 years ;;;


they could even the yearly budget /just by fining those that go over the 10 ten fish limit on blues [[ its kinda ok]] cuz I hate them ///
how about the crews that line up all over the place , men ,woman & kids / taking everysingle thing that swims // BUT at least they waste nothing ====== they could even go broke paying fines for littering ....

its a losing battle ;;

think about this ;; WHAT Happened

frost fish at nite with a flashlifht & spear

Tom cod // still being caught /but noway like they were ;;

White perch // XL & jumbo,s by the tote / now ya lucky if ya catch one ;;

winter flounder by the buckets

Baloonfish fish /// I Ve seen you in a lobster tank a few years ago // use to catch them regularly /while Bottom fishing ;;

GIant B/F tuna = use tobe catch within sight on RI,s S/C beaches & off beavertail ----- now C/C or a small window approx 75-100 miles offshore ;;;;;

the s hits deeper than thet realize ><><><

[JohnR]

Hey Ron

This debate always happens. The comms don't catch 15% of what we do. The problem is the bait. These fish need more to eat and more protection in the size classes. I'm not very pro or anti comm fishing for stripers but I am for fixing the bait...