new va. regs.

[redfish74]

Just saw the new va. flounder regs 19 in . Must be trying to raise halibut.

[Shakespeare]

Your post prompted me to go check out NC regs... so far still at 14 1/2" in big water and 14" inside.

19" is getting on up there.

Mike C.

[lakebiker]

Your post prompted me to go check out NC regs... so far still at 14 1/2" in big water and 14" inside.

19" is getting on up there.

Mike C.


You telling me. Myself and two pals caught over a 100 one afternoon last May at Hampton Rds. and had one keeper. Gonna try Wash/Quimby area this April for the first time.
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[redfish74]

Hey Biker, I have my camper down just below Quimby. Get up with me before you go would like to someone else from this site. I am down there almost every weekend.

[lakebiker]

Hey Biker, I have my camper down just below Quimby. Get up with me before you go would like to someone else from this site. I am down there almost every weekend.


YOU are the friend I've been looking for. This will be my first trip and don't know squat about that place. Current plans are to go to Wash. April 13-17. Gets us there before the tourment and out before it starts. I'll send you a PM. 013 013

[Shakespeare]

I should've kept my yap shut... NC just now upped the size as reported by slot-machine in this thread.

http://carolinaskiffowner.com/index.php?topic=1680.0

Mike C.

[NOTHING ELSE MATTERS]

And here is the bad news for NY on fluke, up to now. http://www.montauk-online.com/?string=Recreation/Fishing&merge=fishing_nmrfr&doc=fishing_regs.htm

[TooTall]

waving

[TooTall]

And here is the bad news for NY on fluke, up to now. http://www.montauk-online.com/?string=Recreation/Fishing&merge=fishing_nmrfr&doc=fishing_regs.htm


Are they saying NO FLUKE at ALL??

[bigfish3]

If Virginia has changed the limit, I bet Maryland will follow shortly.

For years the FLounder had been closed during the 1st week in August. I am not sure how long the closure was, but I am always in Ocean City during that week.

Other than the White Marlin Open, we could fish for croakers in the bay and Tog and Black Sea Bass on some wrecks.


The last few years Flounder had been open while I am there. I found some real honey holes and I am hopeful that I can fish for them again this year.

I will have to check the MD regs...

[FishNC]

For NC fishermen:
The NC size limit stays the same below Brown's inlet in Onslow county.

NCDMF quote: The creel limit will remain at 8-fish-per-day-per-person in all North Carolina coastal waters. The flounder size limit will remain at 14 inches in the western rivers and sounds, and south of Browns Inlet.

And as I read it ...... the ocean limit below Brown's Inlet remains 14.5" instead of the 15.5 north of the inlet.

[Shakespeare]

fishnc could you please provide a link to your source of information.

Thanks,

Mike C.

[NOTHING ELSE MATTERS]

And here is the bad news for NY on fluke, up to now. http://www.montauk-online.com/?string=Recreation/Fishing&merge=fishing_nmrfr&doc=fishing_regs.htm


Are they saying NO FLUKE at ALL??


Yeap, at least up to now.We are trying to change this for the last couple of months.We'll see what's gonna happen.I wish they change it,cause it's one of the very few fish i keep for dinner.My daughter loves them.

[FishNC]

Shakespeare aka Mike C

This site was posted under another topic and is the source of my information: http://www.ncdmf.net/news/NR2k8/NR-13-2008.html

Here is a copy of the info at that site:

Contact: Patricia Smith
Date: Feb. 26, 2008
Phone: (252) 726-7021

( See PDF Map of area ... See JPG Map of area )

FLOUNDER SIZE LIMIT INCREASES

MOREHEAD CITY – The size limit for recreationally caught flounder will increase to 15.5 inches in many coastal waters of the state beginning March 1.

The new size limit applies to flounder caught in the ocean and eastern sounds, from the Virginia state line to Browns Inlet. Specific lines are detailed in the attached proclamation.

The current size limit for flounder caught in these areas is 14.5 inches.

The size limit increase is necessary to account for overages in the 2007 recreational harvest of summer flounder, so that the state may remain in compliance with an Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission coast-wide quota. North Carolina had been allocated 137,000 fish for recreational catches in 2007. Fishermen caught 174,000 fish.

The creel limit will remain at 8-fish-per-day-per-person in all North Carolina coastal waters. The flounder size limit will remain at 14 inches in the western rivers and sounds, and south of Browns Inlet.

The increased size limit does not apply to commercial flounder catches. Commercial flounder harvests are managed under a separate quota system. The commercial quota for 2008 was reduced Jan. 1.

For more information, contact DMF flounder biologist Chris Batsavage at (252) 808-8088, (800) 682-2632 or chris.batsavage@ncmail.net.

[Shakespeare]

Thanks Man! Evidently they haven't updated their size limit chart because it still had last years numbers on it. I was getting cornfuzed and believe me that's not a hard thing for me to do. ;D

Mike C.