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First flatties of 2008
Well, this is a delayed fishing report from opening day of fluke season in CT but I just got around to downloading the pics. I took my boys out to try for some fluke on May 24. The minimum here is now 19.5" and where we usually fish in Rhode Island it is now 20" so any keeper is a decent fish. We got out late (8 am) compared to my normal 5 am departure. The bite was fairly slow. I heard from some of the "pros" that went out at 5 am that they got their limit. We managed about 6 or 7 fluke with 2 of them being keepers. The little guy (Cameron, 8 yo) had the high hook with 4. I went out on Memorial Day Monday also with my buddy and managed 4 keepers (no pics of them). Here's my boys!
first fluke of 2008  sadly, these are just barely "keepers" 
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06-06-2008, 09:35 PM
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Congrats!!
Thye season here opens Tuesday!! I can't wait!! Ma. its 17.5" and 5 fish for recreational. I am commercial so I get 14" and 200 pounds a day! I have kept my Fluke Lic (can't get any more!!) for years as the recreation guys have been getting stiffed more and more every year!! This year they are opening the Rec. season on the same day as Commercial isn't that a  You don't really make any money doing it, but it does put some nice fish on the table and pay forthe gas at the end of the day.
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06-06-2008, 09:49 PM
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I have never been a fluker but can you explain the rational behind the fluke regs? Okay I know they don't always make sense but do you agree with them and above all do you think that they help to sustain the fishery? #2 is how do you think enforcement is? I was on a buddy's boat last year in Buzzards Bay and I saw a skiff with with a crew of divesified culture types that had at least a dozen small fluke.
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06-06-2008, 09:54 PM
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The reasoning behind letting the commercial guys keep smaller fish than recreational is they feal a recreational fishermen should take the time to properly vent a fish if it bloats and it should have a greater chance of survival if a short is caught and released. They allow the commercial guys to keep smaller fish since they know MOST of them won't take the time to properly release a fish and it makes them fill there quota quicker. Although back door sales is a MAJOR problem with the commercial marketplace. Alot of the commercial catch is NEVER reported unless it has to be.
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06-06-2008, 10:54 PM
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I have witnessed plenty of people keeping shorts....I can only assume they have a commercial license. Of course, I have first hand knowledge of guys at my marina keeping shorts w/o commercial license.
On opening day I witnessed Rhode Island DEP checking boats off Watch Hill. I was boarded once last year but it was by the Coast Guard. They looked at my fish but did not measure any. I do not keep shorts but I do keep fluke belly strips for bait....technically this illegal and I can be fined for it so I keep them handy for subtle dumping over the side if I see a DEP boat nearby.
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06-07-2008, 07:16 AM
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Nice job Whale, how is she running Kev?
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