Maybe I need to ask the question another way; how many on this site have been asked by SCDNR or NOAA how many bottom fish you have caught?
What are you trying to figure out?
If I get murdered in the city, don’t go revenging in my name…
45 years on the water - only once -DNR and they didn’t even count the fish!
Inshore I’ve been checked a few times - mostly PFD checks - fire extinguisher - looking for reasons to write a cit
I heard David Cupka say they were random phone calls
I have only been offshore in my boat one time and I was stopped by DNR and they checked safety stuff and asked how many fish we’d caught. We had only caught sharks and undersized BSB, so we had nothing on the boat and told them as much and they didn’t bother to check us. (at the time I was a few miles inside of Chas 60 heading back in).
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I don’t think SCDNR records your catches when they stop you. I’ve been checked by a fisheries person at random public boat landings a few times and few time at marinas at the cleaning table. All they do is count and measure your catch and my understanding is they ask if they can check your catch. I’m undecided on whether letting them is a good or bad thing. Maybe so data is better than made up data?
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I think most of the data they use come from headboats like the Carolina Clipper and the Thundersta… Nevermind…
I don’t think a head boat is left in SC. The council has regulated the head boat industry out of business.
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Originally posted by natureboyI don’t think a head boat is left in SC. The council has regulated the head boat industry out of business.
That’s the joke.
I know that. I captained the last head boat in Charleston
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Originally posted by SCOOBIEquote:
Originally posted by natureboyI don’t think a head boat is left in SC. The council has regulated the head boat industry out of business.
That’s the joke.
Last trip out dnr stopped us and asked about our catch. I had the fish already recorded so I read it from my list. I was right at area 51. Offshore is out of state waters so I don’t think they have jurisdiction to write a ticket or board without permission.
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quote:Don't be so sure about that. The feds give them money to enforce past the 3 mile mark. So yes, they have jurisdiction out there.
Originally posted by sulcatamanLast trip out dnr stopped us and asked about our catch. I had the fish already recorded so I read it from my list. I was right at area 51. Offshore is out of state waters so I don’t think they have jurisdiction to write a ticket or board without permission.
Olde Man Charters
I’ve been boarded around Y73 before. SCDNR
If I get murdered in the city, don’t go revenging in my name…
Further than 3 miles out is the Federal economic zone but I forget how far out it goes, inside of 3 miles is state waters I believe. Murrel’s inlet and little river have offshore head boats and Hilton Head has nearshore head boats, they collect offshore data off the ones in Murrel’s Inlet.
I believe federal jurisdiction goes out 200 miles or so, economic exclusion zone.
Olde Man Charters
SCDNR is patrolling the MPA’s on the fed nickel and writing blue paper.
State law enforcement is limited to state boundaries. A game warden has to have a federal law enforcement commission to work outside of state jurisdiction. A Georgia game warden can not write a game violation in Florence.
Olde Man Charters
Elsewhere on this site, Beaufort Boy lists a NOAA website that describes the methodology used by them to collect information on catches made by recreational fishermen. They cite random phone calls and, more recently, contacts with registered fishermen, which must mean license holders. They say that they have DNR personnel and hired contractors doing creel surveys. If that is the information upon which they base their catch limits, it would seem reasonable to me that the readers of this site, being pretty avid fishermen, would have been asked some pertinent questions about size, numbers, location, etc.
The responses to my question would , to me , be an indication of how thoroughly fishermen have been surveyed. Is that not a reasonable assumption? I am prepared for criticism ( I hope ).
Realfin, I have never been surveyed or asked by anyone what I have caught. Never even been stopped off shore going, fishing, or coming home. Luck of the draw?
I imagine your wondering like some many of us how recreational catch numbers are obtained. I think it is done by magic.
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I got called the other day for a federal report. I told them that I had gone fishing during the time frame in question. I told them it was recreational but we did keep fish. They were not interested. Basically, they hung up since they were only interested in for-hire trips.
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Originally posted by natureboyI know that. I captained the last head boat in Charleston
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Originally posted by SCOOBIEquote:
Originally posted by natureboyI don’t think a head boat is left in SC. The council has regulated the head boat industry out of business.
That’s the joke.
Which Head boat did you Captain? I imagine you could tell some cool fishing stories. Really a shame that they are all gone. Was really the only way for a lot of citizens to be about to enjoy our off shore resources. Now it’s just a select few recreational fisherman that get to go.
“If Bruce Jenner can keep his wiener and be called a woman, I can keep my firearms and be considered disarmed.”