Little confused as to blackfish regs

[dabeeza]

I'm trying to find out the current fall blackfish regulations what I looked up shown:


15" size

November 15- December 31  6 fish.
January 1 - February 28         4 fish
April 1-April 30                     4 fish.

Is this the correct regs for Blackfish for at least the fall of 2012?

Thanks for any help

[IrishAyes]

From the NJ DEP

Blackfish/tautag 15"

Open seasons:
4 fish Jan.1-Feb.28
4 fish Apr.1-Apr.30
1 fish Jul.17-Nov.15
6 fish Nov.16-Dec.31

The 'real' season starts Nov 16, not the 15th. You can keep 1 fish per man now until the 16th of November, it then goes up to 6 fish per man.

[dabeeza]

Okay, Thank You! The 16th it is then! 

[IKAT]

IF fishing NY this may be diff.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/7894.html

[ChrisL]

The midyear change has caused a lot of confusion.

[Fishin Dude]

IF fishing NY this may be diff.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/7894.html

By the time our bag limit increases to 6 fish, some of those NY boats have had a 6 week head start on us Tog fishing NJ waters. 

[paul-e]

IF fishing NY this may be diff.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/7894.html

By the time our bag limit increases to 6 fish, some of those NY boats have had a 6 week head start on us Tog fishing NJ waters. 

Sounds like a trip out of Brooklyn or SI may be tempting this year. Never done before.