Meeting lasted approx 1 - 1 1/2 hours. Not many people showed up considering how many fish for fluke.
One thing was everyone pretty much agreed on which set of regs they would prefer.
Starts in May, Ends in Sep, 4 fish and 18". There were two similar although one gave us two more weeks in September.
Another option was to go to a regional set of regs. It sounds good to me to do this to even things out with neighboring states. Many combinations were shown 3 state CT,RI,MA CT,RI,NY 4 state CT,RI,MA,NY
However this year was not the year to start it up as CT is actually making out on its own this season compared to say NY. We were under last year.
I'm hoping to get something in writing from DEP and will post numbers later.
Biggest discussions were season length, start and end dates. Also minimum fish length and bag limit.
As I said most preferred a longer season with smaller bag and keep size the same.
There were some other proposed sets, other than the original four.
One was fish at 17" and the other at 17 1/2". I think it was displayed to show how much the season would need to be shortened to move the size limits.
No one much cared for these because season was so short (two months or less as I recall).
Well put our two cents in, on record, as to how we feel.
Now it's wait and see.
Any questions and maybe it'll ring a bell for me.
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