pending new flounder regs!

Saltwater Inshore Discussion
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Looks like we’re headed for new flounder regulations soon. A bill to change the flounder catch size/limit to 15in/10 per person is making it’s way through committee and soon will come up before the senate for a vote.

Won’t affect me much, except for maybe the 15 in minimum…seeing that I hardly ever catch them but when I do they’re usually less than 14 in, the current limit.

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Very good. Maybe all the yahoos with 12 lights, powered by generators, will go back to the lake and throw sticks at grass carp.

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Could they not just limit flounder gigging? I love to catch and eat flounder, but it’s only every so often. Even then, most seem to be 13" to my disappointment. I don’t think there are many people yanking tons of flounder out of the water other than giggers.

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Doesn’t the catch limit apply to giggers as well? Maybe lower the limit to 5 instead of increasing the length.

16’ Bonito 65 Johnson

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15" doesn’t bother me either. I do think 10 is a bit much. Kinda wish they would drop the creel limits on trout and flounder.

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quote:
Originally posted by carolinacoot

Doesn’t the catch limit apply to giggers as well? Maybe lower the limit to 5 instead of increasing the length.

16’ Bonito 65 Johnson

I’d support that.

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quote:
Originally posted by carolinacoot Maybe lower the limit to 5 instead of increasing the length.

16’ Bonito 65 Johnson

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I dont think the minimum size needs to be raised, just lower the limit. 5 sounds like a good number to me. A 14 inch flounder is a decent fish and meal. It would be a shame to throw one back especially if it was gut hooked, or otherwise hurt and less likely to survive.

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I’d support a limit of 5 AND a 15" minimum. I support the science behind the proposed minimum length limit. If a 15" flounder has a more substantial impact on the spawn than a 14" flounder, then I’d support a move to a 15" minimum. Just like with reds, I’d be in favor of a slot limit for trout too.

No matter how much it hurts, how dark it gets, or how far you fall…you are never out of the fight.

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I was listening to that live on the web and the speaker of the floor said ; Can anyone hear tell me what difference one inch would make in anything ? . The floor busted out laughing . Then they passed it after a vote

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Maybe ask his wife about the inch.

10 doesn’t seem like much of a limit, as anyone who takes that many is giggin