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Author:
fishmom3
Date:
Sep 01, 2011
Subject:
not a keeper being 'kept'
Message:
OK - I want to preface by saying I am not judging anyone. Just wondering.....
As I spend more time fishing, and fishing in more places, I have noticed that quite a few people are fairly liberal with the fish they choose to keep. I explain to my kids that the rules are in place so the fish can continue to expand their population, keep growing and so we will all have a chance to catch a big fish.
I tell them it is good luck when you throw it back because it will come back next year bigger blah blah blah.......
And they are cool with that. Its gets awfully hard though, when people fishing around you don't throw back shorties. We've witnessed Porgy, Fluke (flounder - still not sure of the difference) and yes, even Stripers, all 'kept'......under a towel, under a lid, etc. that should still be swimming today.
Is there ever an undercover 'guy' that goes around a checks?? Is there every any enforcement or are we all just on the honor system?
Author:
fishingkid
Date:
Sep 01, 2011
Message:
You'll likely never see a Winter flounder caught anytime soon. 800-842-4357 is the number to the DEP to report poachers.
Author:
PECo
Date:
Sep 01, 2011
Message:
Go ahead and judge.
Today, I heard about a local riparian (i.e., waterfront) landowner who will no longer allow people to launch their boats from his property because someone fished from his property without permission and left trash all over the shore. Come on guys, don't litter. And if you happen to drop something, pick it up!
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