did you go fishing near the lesner and the creek there on 11/17/2024. around 8:30am. Becuase I saw a green boat like yours with that exact motor with 2 people.
My experience fishing all these same spots the past few weeks has been the same as yours - one or two fish here and there but you have to work hard for them and can't find them consistently.
Don't take this the wrong way. You all need to give the Rock a break. Sure they will school up soon in numbers not seen the rest of the season but these fish have been overharvested for gar too long. 25 years ago anyone could catch one every cast for a full tide if you wanted to. 15 years ago numbers started dropping drastically. I haven't targeted them the last ten years at all. If the state would have protected them at that point we would be seeing record numbers again. It's your choice.
Don't take this the wrong way but you need to mind your own business. You knew what the topic of the video was and the fact that you no longer target rockfish shows that you only showed up to get on your soap box and lecture. These guys did nothing unethical or illegal. Limits are set with the full knowledge of their effects on the biomass, YT experts like you not withstanding.
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did you go fishing near the lesner and the creek there on 11/17/2024. around 8:30am. Becuase I saw a green boat like yours with that exact motor with 2 people.
My experience fishing all these same spots the past few weeks has been the same as yours - one or two fish here and there but you have to work hard for them and can't find them consistently.
Just like winning the first hand in poker.
Don't take this the wrong way. You all need to give the Rock a break. Sure they will school up soon in numbers not seen the rest of the season but these fish have been overharvested for gar too long. 25 years ago anyone could catch one every cast for a full tide if you wanted to. 15 years ago numbers started dropping drastically. I haven't targeted them the last ten years at all. If the state would have protected them at that point we would be seeing record numbers again. It's your choice.
Don't take this the wrong way but you need to mind your own business. You knew what the topic of the video was and the fact that you no longer target rockfish shows that you only showed up to get on your soap box and lecture.
These guys did nothing unethical or illegal. Limits are set with the full knowledge of their effects on the biomass, YT experts like you not withstanding.