Commercial bass closing tmr?

[Fly Rod]

Originally Posted by Mike P

The last time I checked, Block Island wasn't anywhere close to Massachusetts territorial waters.

I'm only going by redlites statement of where the other 25% came from on the commercial market. If Chatham sold 75% of the quoter and Block sold illegally the other 25% that means north of Chatham did not cotribute to the commercial catch.

I'm also

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Fly Rod

I'm only going by redlites statement of where the other 25% came from on the commercial market. If Chatham sold 75% of the quoter and Block sold illegally the other 25% that means north of Chatham did not cotribute to the commercial catch.

I'm also

Oh, I'm not confused at all. I was being sarcastic. It's an open secret that a good part of our quota gets filled with fish from RI/NY waters, and, shocking to say, from the EEZ.

To be, a dead fish is a dead fish no matter where it was caught, but legally, you can't possess 30 fish in RI, CT or NY waters with a Mass commercial license. As a guy who only fishes Mass, and only from the shore, I'd prefer that 25% of the quota comes from out of state. As long as there's a quota and the season shuts down when it's filled.

[chathamblue30]

Good to hear the epo's are doing a great job. We did watch a few smaller bass get gaffed and wondered what they planned on doing with them. The net use seems to be catching on for most bass fisherman. It's next to impossible to figure out if a fish is 33.5 or 34 inches while swimming beside the boat.