Fluke regs...when they start???

[Duffman]

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??

[BigAl13]

i remember it being 14" in like 92-93

[paul-e]

Here's 1998
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/news/marregs.htm

[Fishin Dude]

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.

[Capt. Carl]

Pretty sure it was 1992.....i remember coming back from the Gulf War in Aug 1992....went fluking with dad and being like
   dad...what do u mean 14 inches to keep?....u must be hungry as hell with all the 12 inchers you catch!  

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.

[Bucktail]

Hmmm...  I thought I remember having fluke regs in the mid-eighties.

[Capt. Carl]

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

[Bucktail]

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."

[Mr Limpett]

I remember when it was 12". A 3 lb. fish could win the pool.

[IrishAyes]

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

[Bucktail]

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.

[Capt. Carl]

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 

[Bucktail]

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 

Have you really changed Carl?

[Hunter 2]

Spandex era?   

[Capt. Carl]

Not really....nope.  

[Capt. Carl]

Eddie...dont you even start....my boat throws one hell of a wake

[Hunter 2]

I've got some old pics from that era from Battle of the Bands in high school. 

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.

[BigAl13]

Spandex era?   

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[IKAT]

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

[DJ76]

Spandex era?   

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