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NJ Saltwater Fishing Reports and Information => General Fishing Topics => Topic started by: Duffman on October 09, 2012, 06:55:01 PM
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Sitting here with my 10 yr old and he asks the question about fluke keeper size when I was his age.
Did the whole google/yahoo search..."history of nj fluke regs, when did fluke regs begin"....etc..came up empty.
Anyone have any info or remember offhand? Defintely got me interested as to when all this started.
Kinda remember a 13" min size early 80's?? Could be wrong??
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i remember it being 14" in like 92-93
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Here's 1998
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/news/marregs.htm
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When I was a 10 year old kid, my brothers and I kept everything we caught, thinking we were big game fishermen. ;DAt that time kids could get away with anything. Now-a-Days, kids can get arrested for anything.
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Pretty sure it was 1992.....i remember coming back from the Gulf War in Aug 1992....went fluking with dad and being like
:headscra: dad...what do u mean 14 inches to keep?....u must be hungry as hell with all the 12 inchers you catch! rofla
If the limit was before 92.....i must have violated every year from 1978 thru 1989 as i was fishing the jetties of brigantine every morning of the summer catching Fluke,Weakies,Kings and Blackfish since the age of 8 until i went into the service.
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Hmmm... I thought I remember having fluke regs in the mid-eighties. :headscra:
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Couldnt find a regulation sheet....but i did find a philly news article dated Dec 6...1992
Title says jersey to implement Fluke regs....so was prob 1993 then?
http://articles.philly.com/1992-12-06/sports/25993638_1_recreational-anglers-mid-atlantic-fishery-management-council-minimum-size/2
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From that article it would appear that a bag limit was established starting in 1992 or 1993. However, I still think there were minimum size regulations well before that. But, I can't say exactly when they started.
"States are now required to establish, for recreational fishing, a 14-inch minimum size limit on fluke - New Jersey's is currently 13 inches - and to set a daily limit of six fluke per angler."
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I remember when it was 12". A 3 lb. fish could win the pool.
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From page 1 of that news article, first and second paragraph.
Recreational anglers who fish for summer flounder off the New Jersey coast will encounter, for the first time, a shortened season and a daily possession limit in 1993, officials of the state Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife said last week.
New Jersey will implement its new rules to comply with new federal regulations that apply to states along the East Coast, said Bruce Freeman, a division research scientist.
http://articles.philly.com/1992-12-06/sports/25993638_1_recreational-anglers-mid-atlantic-fishery-management-council-minimum-size
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That's what I was reading. It says they are establishing a possession limit. However, I believe there was a minimum size well before then. :headscra:
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Could be absolutely right Bob.....in the 80's....i was a teen and could care less about a size limit.....but trust me...i have changed ;D
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Could be absolutely right Bob.....in the 80's....i was a teen and could care less about a size limit.....but trust me...i have changed ;D
Have you really changed Carl? rofla
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Spandex era? thud
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Not really....nope. >:D
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Eddie...dont you even start....my boat throws one hell of a wake
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I've got some old pics from that era from Battle of the Bands in high school. ;D
I believe the size limit for Fluke in New York was 14" in the late 70's and early 80's I don't remember how many though.
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Spandex era? thud
More like spandex error fcp
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I know 1988 was 13 inch but not sure when the bag limit started but it was 10 fish limit for sure when it started
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Spandex era? thud
More like spandex error fcp
rofla
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I remember when it was 12". A 3 lb. fish could win the pool.
Me too 12' when we fished the LB pier... no doubt in my mind about it!
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Could be absolutely right Bob.....in the 80's....i was a teen and could care less about a size limit.....but trust me...i have changed ;D
Have you really changed Carl? rofla
hhppy I LOVE THIS PHOTO! I saved it actually!!!! rofla
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I remember there was a size limit on fluke in New York back in the late 60s. The rental skiffs in Moriches had wooden cutouts to measure your fish. I think 14" was the size limit, I don't remember a creel limit. The size limit for bass was 16" back then.
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Used to sail on the Palace outta Hoboken with my father. Left Hoboken and shot across river to pick up the NY crew before heading out.
Which brings the question, and I clearly cant remember, did the NY guys have to adhere to NY regs??? Hopefully someone remembers what Im talking about!
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Duff, I remember fishing on the Palace back in the '70s getting picked up on the New York side. I think we were bottom fishing and porgies, sea bass and blackfish did not have size limits back then.
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in the 70's no wonder you were dancing onthe seadevil
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in the 70's no wonder you were dancing onthe seadevil
My problem is that I don't remember most of the 60's TT^
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in the 70's no wonder you were dancing onthe seadevil
My problem is that I don't remember most of the 60's TT^
I remember but chose to forget--AAHHHH not really TT^ TT^