After observing EVERY gear guy tethering TWO live striped bass of keeper size at an undiclosed location last weekend, and STILL FISHING I wanted to point out the regulations for this action:
To prohibit the practice of high-grading, recreational fishermen may not retain legal-sized striped bass and release said fish in favor of another larger legal-sized striped bass captured subsequently. It shall be unlawful to keep striped bass alive in the water by attaching a line or chain to the fish or placing the fish in a live well or holding car. Striped bass are measured from the tip of the snout or jaw (mouth closed) to the farthest extremity of the tail.
I was a little uneasy about what they were doing now I see it's unlawful. The way I see it, you catch your limit you are done. If you want to fish, don't keep the limit.
I am going to seek clarification on that aspect as well, when a limit is retained the fishing should stop. This is as important a rule to prevent high-grading as the already established rule above and I think it should be clearly stated in the regulations. High-grading or not, it's common sense - you keep the limit, you are done. This is the rule in most states for most species.
To prohibit the practice of high-grading, recreational fishermen may not retain legal-sized striped bass and release said fish in favor of another larger legal-sized striped bass captured subsequently. It shall be unlawful to keep striped bass alive in the water by attaching a line or chain to the fish or placing the fish in a live well or holding car. Striped bass are measured from the tip of the snout or jaw (mouth closed) to the farthest extremity of the tail.
I was a little uneasy about what they were doing now I see it's unlawful. The way I see it, you catch your limit you are done. If you want to fish, don't keep the limit.
I am going to seek clarification on that aspect as well, when a limit is retained the fishing should stop. This is as important a rule to prevent high-grading as the already established rule above and I think it should be clearly stated in the regulations. High-grading or not, it's common sense - you keep the limit, you are done. This is the rule in most states for most species.