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Post by italianfisherman on Aug 31, 2012 7:18:38 GMT -5
DEC website showing open date for blackfish is oct 5th & close dec 14th. has anyone seen that.. or is it a type-o.. thanks.
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Post by fishinguy on Aug 31, 2012 7:45:16 GMT -5
That is correct. It went into affect at the start of the year ...bummer
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Post by jc30967 on Aug 31, 2012 8:01:38 GMT -5
Could be worse, I know some of the proposed regs were much stricter. And they could say no blackfishing, period ( don't wanna give them any ideas  !). |
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Post by jackson on Aug 31, 2012 9:17:51 GMT -5
I don't even consider it a season anymore. I'll just look at it as bass season with a bonus catch of tog  |
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Post by saltysurfman on Aug 31, 2012 12:57:06 GMT -5
Could be worse, I know some of the proposed regs were much stricter. And they could say no blackfishing, period ( don't wanna give them any ideas !). I agree. The original proposals had one option with the season at like 45 days or so. We now have 2 months and 10 days. |
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Post by fishscale on Aug 31, 2012 15:11:24 GMT -5
Keepers at "16 inches sounds interesting
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Post by togilator on Aug 31, 2012 16:53:40 GMT -5
Keepers at "16 inches sounds interesting This should have been done a long time ago,will give them an extra spawn.When the fisherie was booming if they did this you wouldn't have known the difference in 2 seasons.There are a lot more small fish around these days and you will feel it in the sound and ny bite. |
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Post by captrichie on Aug 31, 2012 19:31:00 GMT -5
Well I was out yesterday water temp 10 miles out 78....Inshore a cool 76...With blackfish season 6weeks away what can we hope for ..I always found the bite to be the best around 53-55... The good bite may come very late this year but I hope not... The seabass I caught 10mile out were hot ..not warm but hot.. OCT may be a great fluke month..But its closed... |
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Post by jackson on Sept 2, 2012 10:21:16 GMT -5
Exactly Rich. In my area, the togging will just be getting started in November and over 45 days later. It sucks that everyone misses out on the best togging of the year while the season is closed.
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Post by togilator on Sept 3, 2012 10:03:06 GMT -5
Exactly Rich. In my area, the togging will just be getting started in November and over 45 days later. It sucks that everyone misses out on the best togging of the year while the season is closed. They should have split the North and South shore into 2 zones.There is always some exuse why they cant do this or that,but it could have been done. |
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Post by captainjp on Sept 10, 2012 17:21:20 GMT -5
Last year the best fishing that I saw was in late october and the month of november, and I'd be willing to bet with the mild december we had that we could of caught them on the deeper drops right up into christmas.
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Post by italianfisherman on Sept 10, 2012 17:53:41 GMT -5
if the water temps dont drop in big #'s, blackfish season will be over before it starts...
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Post by jackson on Sept 10, 2012 23:25:45 GMT -5
Last season started out unbelievable in the NY Bight. The second day of the the season was just about as stupid as it gets with fish to 15lbs. Unfortunately only the first week of october produced. We didn't see good fishing again until temps dropped in November.
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Post by saltysurfman on Sept 11, 2012 8:20:16 GMT -5
if the water temps dont drop in big #'s, blackfish season will be over before it starts... If the weather stays as cool as it has been getting at night, I think we have a good chance for the temps to start dropping relatively soon. When I woke up this morning temps were in the low 50's. Hopefully it stays this way and doesn't start warming up again. |
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Post by bingorb on Sept 19, 2012 17:55:58 GMT -5
I think we may be suprised. Last season I had some pieces holding tog before the rec season opened as deep as 80'. If I recall correctly, the water was pretty warm last year too. The key was the nippy nights with the northerly winds. That dropped the water down enough to get them going early in Oct.
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