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Hopefully more cooking in 2020!

Absolutely disgusting, and that fine is a slap on the wrist!

It's not fuzzy math, as very few anglers kept (or even caught) their 15 fish limit. Therefore, a proportional cut will have little effect on reducing the actual take. As for guys in suits destroying fishing...stocks collapsing will certainly do that too.

Lep, excellent write up as usual, and as it happens I am also in the midst of exploring new JDM PE lines for 2020 (though mostly for freshwater). The "jigging" PEs you speak of is of high interest to me. My standard J Braid x8 (NOT Grand, I hated that stuff) performs great for chuck and wind...

They can go by tag + length/photo. That's how kayak tournaments are done and every fish gets released...no hero shots at the dock but we're wayyy past that. Tournament guys can bitch and moan or they can be part of the solution, imho.

They can go by tag + length/photo. That's how kayak tournaments are done and every fish gets released...no hero shots at the dock but we're wayyy past that. Tournament guys can bitch and moan or they can be part of the solution, imho.

My 5 biggest that day came in a row, all in about an hour...it's a miracle that I managed to stay on that school, they are usually long gone after you catch the first one. Caught my PB that was pushing 22" and another 20"+ that was the fattest smallie I've ever seen in person. I need one or two...

Had my first tog trip of 2019, only kept one legal fish that was/will be consumed 3 or 4 ways lol. Here's a photo of the fish broken down: Notice how white the meat is; this one bled out perfectly, dead within 3 minutes. By popular demand, the head, rack, and one fillet went towards a spicy...

Love fish tacos, esp the DIY aspect of it. Perfect party dish!

Both sound delicious, if I had to choose I'd opt for mango salsa...such a great relish for fish, and the juxtaposition of eating that in the dead of winter is just perfect haha

Thanks Lep! I did very little fluking at all this year, but I saw your reports and as usual you were on the bite! My fluke fever, going strong for almost 2 decades, sort of left me when I started catching quality freshwater bass. My mind can only obsess over one species at a time. Hopefully next...

Haha hopefully in the next week or two! It's been awhile since I did a cooking video...I'm getting a headache just thinking about the editing lol...fishing videos are much easier!

Great find Lep! Gary at the tackle trap is one of the best dudes in the retail fishing industry...if anyone has any questions re freshwater JDM tackle, he's the guy to contact. Lep, what braking system is in that reel?

Great report and stellar release! We need a slot on these fish asap...before then, we can each make the ethical decision to let the big ones go. Made my first and possibly last tog trip yesterday, never seen so many shorts in my life...from 10 - 30ft on asians/jig, eeked out one keeper @19 ran...

Thanks George! I thoroughly enjoyed my smallies in 2019...the handful of days left that I can launch the yak will be split between tog and bronze!

You're talking about north shore correct? I'm going togging for the first time this year, will bring along squid jigs if I return after dark!

Looking at the temps for next week, we might be ice fishing soon!

Haven't come across that one, the ones I recall read something like Trump Admin Rolls Back Clean Water Protections etc. People can certainly argue that enviro laws impede profits, but let's not try to have it both ways. In the context of this story, what Seggos said was entirely appropriate...

Seems rather uncontroversial, whatever your political leanings. This administration is putting business interest over environmental conservation every chance they get.

I'd be much more worried about my home state of NJ, what hocos pocus CE they come up with in the weeks ahead.