Went Toggin
Headed to DC: MRIP Is Worse Than Ever Before..
http://morningstarfishing.com For How The Rail's Laid Out..
May Have To Use Clam & Shrimp! Can't find green crabs! (had 2 big die-offs in my pens this winter.. Had plenty of bites on clam last trip. Actually, for most of the day clam was superior.)
Saturday, April 6th - 7 to 3 - $110.00
Sunday, April 7th - 7 to 3 - $110.00
No Refunds On These "Far In Advance" May Trips. If there's a cancelation - Reschedules Only. (More typically either would be fine. These fall outside the credit card 60 day window - Do Not Book if you cannot handle a reschedule..)
Weather Cancelations Happen - I Make Every Attempt To Let Clients
Sleep In If The Weather's Not Going Our Way..
..except when someone shows up right on time.
Clients arriving late will see the west end of an east bound boat.
With a limited number of reserved spots, I do not refund because you
over-slept or had a flat..
https://www.facebook.com/ocfishing/ & my personal FB page..
available from crew for a reasonable cost..) Our Tog Pool Is By Length: A Tog That's Been Released Counts The Same As One In The Boat.
No Live Tog Leave The Boat - Dead & Bled - Period. (I Believe The Live Tog Black Market Has Hurt This Fishery ..But Nowhere Near As Much As Bad Sea Bass Regulation)
If You Won't Measure & Count Your Fish, The State Will Provide A Man With A Gun To Do It For You. We Measure & Count — ALWAYS — No Exceptions!
It's Simple To Prevent Motion Sickness, Difficult To Cure. Bonine
seems best because it's non-drowsy. Truly cheap & effective insurance.
Honestly - If you get to go on the ocean once month, once a year, or
even less; why risk chumming all day? Similarly, if you howl at the
moon all night, chances are good you'll howl into a bucket all day.
Bring A Cooler With Ice For Your Fish – A 48 Quart Cooler Is Fine For
A Few People. Do Not Bring A Very Large Cooler. We DO have a few
loaners - you'll still need ice.
No Galley! Bring Food & Beverages To Suit. A few beers in cans is fine for the ride home.
Except in high-summer, waterproof boots are almost a necessity unless fishing the bow - sneakers will ruin
your day when the water is cold! While some rarely, or never, wear gloves for fishing, you'd
not likely see me fishing this time of year w/o at least the half-finger wool gloves. Tuck a "hot hands" warmer in the palm and life is good..
Layers are best because, believe it or not, sometimes it can be very
pleasant offshore--especially when the wind lays down. In winter it's
warmer offshore owing to warmer waters. In summer it's cooler..
Sponsor the Ocean City Reef Foundation!
http://www.ocreefs.org
We're Nowhere Near Reef Building's True Potential.
If you have concrete blocks in the backyard taking up space and just
making snake reef, bring em. We'll toss em overboard with the rest.
24,780 Reef Blocks have been deployed at numerous sites as of 4/3/19..
Here are sites currently being targeted: Capt. Jack Kaeufer's Reef 762 - Doug Ake's Reef 3,755 - St. Ann's 2,234 - Sue's Block Drop 662 - TwoTanks Reef 432 - Capt. Bob's Inshore Block Drop 900 - Benelli Reef 746 - Rudy's Reef 110 - Capt. Bob's Bass Grounds Reef 1,375 - Wolf & Daughters Reef 688 - 202 at Al Berger's Reef.
What do you do.
Going Fishing!
Also going to DC soon. Dagoned MRIP is a mess. Bad recreational catch estimates are really upending Fisheries Science. Used to have good communications in that town. Have to rebuild them. Very few people stay in their jobs very long - it's a transitory workplace. Staffers make everything happen up there - at least at the common-folk level.. Time to get reacquainted with staff.
A sample below of how foul MRIP's become..
NY Wave 6 Nov/Dec Sea Bass – All Modes by Mode
Estimate Status | Year | Common Name | Fishing Mode | Total Harvest (A+B1) | PSE | Harvest (A+B1) Total Weight (lb) | PSE | |
FINAL | 2016 | BLACK SEA BASS | SHORE | 10,967 | 109.1 | 16,924 | 109.1 | 0 |
FINAL | 2016 | BLACK SEA BASS | PARTY BOAT | 124,587 | 11.9 | 222,063 | 11.9 | 0 |
FINAL | 2016 | BLACK SEA BASS | CHARTER BOAT | 65,035 | 19.9 | 141,591 | 19.5 | 0 |
FINAL | 2016 | BLACK SEA BASS | PRIVATE/RENTAL BOAT | 2,834,105 | 20.5 | 6,166,963 | 22.3 | 0 |
FINAL | 2017 | BLACK SEA BASS | SHORE | 0 | . | 0 | . | 0 |
FINAL | 2017 | BLACK SEA BASS | PARTY BOAT | 44,099 | 16.7 | 80,657 | 15.9 | 0 |
FINAL | 2017 | BLACK SEA BASS | CHARTER BOAT | 42,288 | 27.1 | 82,353 | 25 | 0 |
FINAL | 2017 | BLACK SEA BASS | PRIVATE/RENTAL BOAT | 2,334,518 | 38 | 5,352,375 | 39.9 | 0 |
PRELIMINARY | 2018 | BLACK SEA BASS | SHORE | 0 | . | 0 | . | 0 |
PRELIMINARY | 2018 | BLACK SEA BASS | PARTY BOAT | 57,572 | 16 | 102,639 | 16.8 | 0 |
PRELIMINARY | 2018 | BLACK SEA BASS | CHARTER BOAT | 27,899 | 22.6 | 57,221 | 21.7 | 0 |
PRELIMINARY | 2018 | BLACK SEA BASS | PRIVATE/RENTAL BOAT | 763,456 | 16.7 | 1,550,401 | 16.6 | 0 |
These assertions are just unbelievably insane.
Compare: All Atlantic Coast Commercial Boats landed 2,676,000 pounds in 2016. All N/Mid Atlantic Party/Charter landed 847,000 for a total of 3,523,000 lbs – So NY Private Boats, Landed 2,644,000 MORE POUNDS OF SEA BASS than ALL Commercial/Party/Charter Professional Operators?
Or – NY Private Boat is now shown to catch more sea bass than All Party/Charter for 5 YEARS!
NOAA has lost it's MIND approving the use of this data..
MRIP's skewing stock assessments & causing brutally tight regulation where it's not at all required.
