Traveled down to Lewes, DE for a one week family vacation. Met up with my children and grandchildren. Two of those days I was able to get on headboats along with my sons in law. One flounder trip,(Headed southeast for 1 1/2 hours) which produced 1 keeper out of about 30 fishermen onboard and 1 bay trip for croaker, which was mildly successful. I found a few things to be strange on these trips. The first thing was the mate( only one on a 110' boat)
soliciting for tips with a #10 can canting, "tips for the mate." That was the hardest I saw him work all day. Now, the thing I found most interesting is that, from July 1 to Aug 31st there is a limit of 10 taug at 14" and no headboats are going out for them. I just found it strange that they would go out for croakers rather than taug. So, I went to the bait shop and asked if any headboats were going for taug. The reply was: they aren't a target fish right now. My question here is can anyone explain this to me. 4 flounder at 18 1/2" 50 croakers at 8 " 10 taug at 14" My choice would be the taug. But, I would think that,out of the fleet of party boats in that harbor, there would be one going for blackies . What am I missing here. Why would they not be a target fish?
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