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.
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.
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
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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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.
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.
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
Maybe ask his wife about the inch.
10 doesn’t seem like much of a limit, as anyone who takes that many is giggin