Live Baiters Beware!!! - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Fly Rod · 06-29-2004, 06:53 AM

There is some talk around that the enviromental police may start cracking down on people using live pollock !!! Some are complainig that they are suppose to be 19" to keep!!!

Has anybody heard this????

likwid · 06-29-2004, 07:17 AM

Weird, as of June 29th, 2004 there was no limit on Pollock?

jsullivan · 06-29-2004, 08:43 AM

your not keeping them untill u leave the watter with them so make sure that your livewell is empty when you hit the docks to go home. thats how I was told to get around it I used them all day sunday there seems to be verry few macs around

RockLobsta · 06-29-2004, 10:01 AM

I use them on occasion as well. According to the Marine Fisheries website there are no restrictions.......at all.

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dmf/recre.../rec_index.htm

S-Journey · 06-29-2004, 12:06 PM

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Originally posted by Fly Rod
There is some talk around that the enviromental police may start cracking down on people using live pollock !!! Some are complainig that they are suppose to be 19" to keep!!!

Has anybody heard this????

The EP's can't do a thing, unless you are fishing commercial. There is no size limit for pollock.

BasicPatrick · 06-29-2004, 06:16 PM

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Originally posted by S-Journey
The EP's can't do a thing, unless you are fishing commercial. There is no size limit for pollock.

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beamie · 06-29-2004, 07:46 PM

In short, There are just too many regulations for EP to keep up with. If you were to ask 10 EP the same questions you'll probably get 6 differing answers.

Print out a copy of the regs and keep it on the boat so when the EP says you can't, you can show then that there is NO recreational limit on Pollack and you can do it. Where does the EP get there info?

Now, if you are Comm bassing with Pollack. There may be a fine line there. Some would say if the boat is Comm fishing then the pollack are under 19" regs. But you are not selling the pollack which is the definition of Commercial is the act of selling?

IMO pollack are fair game to use.

Jon

S-Journey · 06-30-2004, 08:43 AM

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Originally posted by BasicPatrick
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If you are fishing commercial for bass, or any other species you cannot have any pollock on the boat under 19". If you are fishing recreational for bass you can have as many as you want and whatever size you want.

This info was comunicated to me last year on a commercial day when I had pollock on board. The EP was cool about it, but said next time there would be a problem.