Caught My Fluke Limit, But Are Commercial Draggers Hurting the Fishing?

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@mikeinnj4424 Год назад

As a scuba diver / fisherman, this subject hits close to home. I have dove @120’ and when you come to where a dragger came through it’s like walking in a forest and then coming to the edge of a desert with NO LIFE, not even an empty shell.

@LongIslandLethals Год назад

The problem is all the fish that come up after dragging and their limit go back dead. I have friends who have worked these boats and that's what they have told me. Damage is definitely being done but it seems the recreational and for hire fisherman always pay the price of the other guy.

@ericbunch7801 Год назад

John , 1960's and 70's fluke , winter flounder were plentiful , even salmon in the sound . What killed these bottom dwellers were all the draggers off south shore . Why is it we never learn from our mistakes

@williamfris3835 Год назад

Not really happy about the draggers cause everything they pull in dies regardless of size. I believe its effected the Fluke fishing for the recreational fisherman and damaged the Fluke stocks.

@davedammann741 11 месяцев назад

Absolutely. As an off shore deck hand I can tell you the damage is devastating.

@martinsmith2786 Год назад

One fact that should always be kept in mind is that in NJ, NY and CT paid and effective lobbyists are always pushing for their commercial fishing clients. Sport anglers are mostly unorganized and fight amongst themselves.

@wc4319 Месяц назад

Sport anglers are their own worst enemy. I will say however that on the CT Fisheries public hearing meetings I've attended, the policies seem to have been decided and ASMFC makes policy. States have little control except to screw it up further like the insane Black Sea Bass closure except for party boats in a few days.

@chasef14 Год назад

Draggers are absolutely to blame for the decline of Fluke in Long Island sound. Terrible

@georgeniebergall7074 Год назад

You’re better at this than I am, so I’m gonna put it to you this way, my experience of many years of fluke fishing. When I go out for offshore, I’ve noticed on many occasions draggers that have left a 2 mile long, slick of dead fluke they were under the size limit they just dump them off, with that being said, they are ruining the flu population because they can fish at times that we can’t so they dragging up all the food during the migration from Oshua to insure before the season even opens for you. This is not fair that should be stopped immediately.

@georgeniebergall7074 Год назад

@@myronchamberlain7734 that is not the point they kill fish and just waste them and throw them away. If they’re not the size limit they’re allowed to keep that is slaughtering millions of fluke do you understand now

@stateniland Год назад

'Are commercial draggers hurting fishing'???? That's THE most rhetorical question ever asked.

@paulmoss7940 Год назад

In NC , bad data ,bad laws ,and big preference to the commercial guys has really hurt us recreational fishermen. We didn't even have a spring season at all. A lot of guys getting tired of it. If they don't change , I suspect the so called "laws" will be ignored by many. This year ,I'm taking my dollars to SC, where the rec fisherman gets a fair shake.

@tommyg5565 Год назад

Totally agree.

@ericviola7079 Год назад

Its happening here in sc to . Commercial gets all

@CCB6939 Год назад

we used to fish Long Island for fluke on opening day for years. they always opened a week before CT back then. One opener we slammed the fluke ! Great trip ! we went back a few days later to same spot and caught nothing. we seen a older gentleman who we seen on the opener and asked him if he was having any luck. he said "the f*****g draggers were here yesterday.. enough said. I hate to take away anyone's way of living, commercial fishing is hard work. But with today's technology they are doing a number of fish stocks IMO. Too much waste with draggers.

@24gamogun Год назад

I fish out of moriches and this season has been terrible. Ive scoured the bay from east to west all the usual channels and sand bars special holes you name it have no fish on them. Not saying you can't catch them but it definetly seems like there is less fish around. Also everytime I'm out starting in March early April there are big commercial boats right off shore out the inlet. I want to believe it's because the temperatures aren't where they need to be just yet but look at the comments everyone's saying it maybe it's time to advocate and get some answers.

@superstarr-hs4tn Год назад

I’ve reached my limit with a Dragger’s. Now they’re actually driving their nets all the way up into Niantic bay.

@jessicuhh017 Год назад

I'm on the Thames river side and I'm over it. fishing is awful around us now.

@stipojovic5830 Год назад

Proffesional fisherman disturb the bottom and leave a waistland without bait for those fish that you are targeting. Same here in Holland

@CrabbinNFishin Год назад

John, I believe everyone has a right to make a living, however I also believe commercial ventures should not be able to fish inside the 3 mile line. That's my 2 Pennies in the topic !

@jjm4643 Год назад

everyone has the right to earn a living unless/until they are damaging the resource. The resource belongs to all of us.

@CrabbinNFishin Год назад

@@jjm4643 fractionally it does, yes.

@davidkuperschmid5274 Год назад

The small draggers don’t do a lot of damage but the multiple big ones that go back and forth from Ft Pond to Montauk all day long have certainly impacted the fishing here. Who knows how much they keep.. there is no DEC enforcement. Over 25 years of fishing on East End I’ve never seen the DEC board a dragger .

@joeymelini5478 Год назад

They do trust me

@vipergeddy Год назад

Hey John big fan buddy I think the draggers get paid and so do we with less fish in the area and bigger size for us to keep I hate them tell you the truth 😉 keep up the great work your friend Mike from nj 👍

@jettschaefer7974 Год назад

I hate the commercial draggers they destroy the bottom killing millions of fish every year. However, i also dont like people who go out and catch a limit every time they fish and keep fish they dont need. Catch them responsibly🙏 you dont need 3 keeper fluke every time you fish

@jjm4643 Год назад

yup, destroying the bottom is the thing that most people don't talk about.

@ronsuda7555 Год назад

Back in the mid to late 80s the fluke got pounded by the offshore draggers in the winters fluking was terrible in the fire Island area for years back then thunk that's what's happening now a lot less fish making it inshore from the winter grounds what makes it worse these draggers are mostly from Southern states Carolinas and such. That area john is fishing 10 years ago the fluking was incredible it was so good back then those little draggers were working that area backed then didn't matter that's how good the fishing was brings tears to my eyes almost how badly the fishing there has fallen off the fish are not making it inshore any more just my take on it

@n8huv288 Год назад

Been fishing Hempstead harbor pretty much everyday for a few weeks and haven’t caught a single fluke. In the Same spots and tides as last year I would be catching at least 5-8 a day so something is definitely up

@jamesryan2069 Год назад

The fluke fishing all around port Jefferson has been terrible this year. I've gone out all day with no keepers. So something causing the decline.

@Tavpanda 11 месяцев назад

I live in Virginia where they allow commercial bunker fishing. Massive ships clear out the bay and it makes a clear difference when they’re not out there.

@anonymouskid239 Год назад

I have observed a noticeable drop in fluke. It might just by my area (Point Lookout NY) but I have really been struggling over the past 2 years. Not 1 keeper from shore.

@sidobx6600 Год назад

Trawlers in the sound is why NC has a two week flounder season. Trawlers need to be a mile offshore....period.

@jjm4643 Год назад

So true, unbelievable that they're able to work inside in NC

@sledzep01 Год назад

I used to work at Captree back in the day. Boat after boat drifting like vacuums... Worse than those dragger's

@michaelfoley1966 Год назад

Funny you post this video today I caught a 4.5lb fluke on Monday and she was COVERED in scars that appeared to be from a dragger.

@kenkatkavich7039 Год назад

Someone has to do something

@KennyCannon Год назад

Using the engine as a rudder. One of the first things I learned as a boater. And you're right, it's rare that you see people do it.

@jayfish718 Год назад

I think they should be a certain amount of miles out

@crushdangle9910 Год назад

Commercial bycatch definitely puts negative pressure on any fishery. Areas where nets and dredges can't operate will always be a healthier place to fish. Every regulation placed on recreational fishermen is imposed for a reason but it's not from problems caused by recreational fishermen.

@jd12elephant Год назад

Exactly! Rec guys act like nothing they do has an effect just because someone else might be having more of an effect. All around the fisheries are just terribly managed with reactive regulations instead of proactive conservation.

@sd0753 Год назад

With today's regulations, I don't think draggers are decimating the flounder population thru catching. I think the draggers are destroying the bottom structure. Once the structure is damaged there's nowhere for the bait to hide, without bait the flounder won't come around

@pigsandapples Год назад

Appreciate the improved location audio. Thanks for another interesting video.

@nickp.777 Год назад

I don’t see the draggers in our bay ever but great bay isn’t that big however I see them a lot when I’m out in the ocean right off Long Beach Island. I love your new boat John. Really nice set up. I have a 19 foot Maycraft and I love it but when I bought it I had a evinrude e tec put on it now I really wish I had gone with a Yamaha! Great video as usual!

@rgonzo1979 Год назад

@John...don't know when's the last time you went to a fish market but I went last week and the things they're allowed to sell are insane. I saw porgies barely 6"....I'll leave it there.

@dngendron Год назад

Stop n shop in CT today I saw lots of fluke filets that obviously came from 12” fish

@snowayadventures Год назад

I ordered one of those hook removers the other day, simple yet effective!!! I like it lol

@Brandonp95 Год назад

Congrats on the book sales John!

@TheDavinci545 Год назад

draggers should have to stay out of the bays. I fish Raritan bay often and the draggers are dropping nets as they go through the channels. it just isn't right!

@seancurley7954 Год назад

We had similar conditions. Calm and little tide. Used the pedal drives on our yaks to get a better drift and score a few.

@chrisditrani8338 Год назад

Can't blame the commercial fishermen for doing what they can legally do, but that 2-stroke diesel drone would drive me nuts (listening with headphones...).

@robtopham6095 Год назад

I have seen, in southern New Jersey, a huge decrease in fish from when I was a kid in the early 60s. The last 30 years of flounder fishing has been up and down (AKA good years and bad). I think the recent regs in NJ are making a difference but time will tell. Overfishing is definitely an issue but I believe it goes right with over populated areas like the northeast. The demand for fish is hurting the fishing for sure.

@timolean5846 Год назад

What’s up Rob hopefully you’re retired from Campbells and don’t have to worry about that mess of a place anymore. 😂 I’ve been fishing out of Wildwood every summer early June and it’s usually slow or nothing. This year we all caught multiple fluke but all shorts. Had one nice keeper in about 60 ft of water off the cape may reef but got off at the net. The trips I take to Obx every summer is like night and day the amount of fish I catch there compared to NJ. Plus the variety of what you can catch from the shore in NC is really amazing.

@robtopham6095 Год назад

@@timolean5846 in OC NJ May and early June are the best flounder fishing in back bay. Shallow water under 20 ft usually. Water temps in the 60s. After that they move. Missed out on some of this this year but still have over 10 keepers with a ton of throw backs. All on minnows but one on gulp. And yes I am retired and it's fantastic.

@timolean5846 Год назад

@@robtopham6095 yeah we mostly fished the back bays with killies and gulp. Water was 67 at cape May reef probably should had chummed and targeted sea bass. Don’t get to go too often it’s usually just a handful of times a year in NJ. But in comparison Obx seems easier and more consistent. I’ve always thought that north shore that skinner fishes as one of the best fisheries on the east coast. Northern jersey seems to be a little better than south or maybe it’s just imo?

@robtopham6095 Год назад

@@timolean5846 Agreed OBX , Long Island sound and north jersey's fisheries are better BUT I was out yesterday's high tire and today's high tide and caught 17",19" yesterday and 20" today. If you put your time in you will find them. Not limiting like Jon but who does!

@vlcheish 11 месяцев назад

@@timolean5846 North NJ is superior to the south NJ for most of the season. Deeper waters near the coast and the bigger fish hold inside inlets past labor day. South NJ is more shallow sandy waters with tons of wetlands.

@dcskate1022 Год назад

To answer the title question, yes.

@Nate-bo6ec Год назад

Think your experience of "what it used to be" summaries almost all of CT waters for fishing

@jessicuhh017 Год назад

YUP.

@FMorgigno1 Год назад

Classic trip John. I could use more stern cam though! Its like the cow bell skit on Saturday Night Live. I got a fever.....and the only perscription....is more stern cam!

@shaydu1967 Год назад

There is one way to see if the draggers have an impact, Block off several miles of water straight out to the open sea for several years. If the fishing stays the same then it's not the draggers, But, I'm guessing it's the draggers.

@Teach_1ne Год назад

Yeah I fish the harbor, near Jersey City.. the first couple weeks I caught multiple 20-22 inchers. This month: dead! So bad my last 3 trips I decided to start blue crabbing. Lmao did very well too last Sunday. Hope it picks up. I’m not paying for party boat fluke trips.

@6saturdaysaweek Год назад

I fish the inner coastal of NC. We are the only state in the SE that allows inshore dragging, and are restricted to a 2 week season. I don’t think there is any other conclusion that can be made about the damage of the commercial dragging. I can throw a cast net without bringing juvenile flounder, I could imagine how many are killed when a net is drug over their habitat. It’s no different than deforestation and wondering where the animals went after their habitat is removed.

@stephenschneider3967 Год назад

I’ve been fishing around great south bay fire island area of Long Island and got nothing so far this year and I’m not the only one. Never used to be like this.

@peterwill3699 Год назад

As a beach fisherman when the draggers went by the fishing stopped.

@mikescott8225 Год назад

John- as a shore fisherman in RI, I've caught exactly one legal flounder in the last five years. I've had days were I catch and throw back a dozen or more in the 13-16" range, and what kills me is that I throw those 16" fish back, then stop into my local fish market where I can buy the same fish on ice. From a dragger. Because the commercial size limit is 15. Makes no sense.

@jackbentley9530 Год назад

Thanks John for a great video! I not a fan of the draggers. We as fishermen, sportsmen and I'm glad to see better conservation laws but draggers usually target one species and all the rest go back dead. I was on a charter out of Portsmouth for Cod and all the under size fish go back but they don't drain their bladders so they flop on the surface till they die or eaten by the gulls. Things need to change!

@robertstorms5539 Год назад

Definitely not a fan of commercial dredgers operating in the Sound or any of the bays for that matter. Hard enough to catch fluke without have them vacuum cleaning up everything.

@georgeniebergall7074 Год назад

John, please show how are you tie the rig and how many inches from the buckle do you put the second hook then show how long of a leader of the second hook it would be very educational. Thank you.

@johnrickards1908 Год назад

John, with all those book sales surely now you could get your seat recovered😂

@JohnSkinnerFishing Год назад

I just located the replacement I think!

@dngendron Год назад

@@JohnSkinnerFishing i like that your boat is a beater with a good engine that’s my type of vessel except I can’t even afford the good engine part 🤪

@ATC235 Год назад

I bought 3 of those rods. But I didn’t know there was a bay version lol now I got to go look.

@HWCism 11 месяцев назад

We were fishing Vineyard sound last week early in the morning. No fluke but caught sea bass and blue fish. We had to move. A dragger was coming down on us. We were in 100 ft. Of water. We normally do well there. Not anymore. Sadly.

@michaelross5674 Год назад

The draggers should have crazy restrictions also...... Man Delaware is 16" and 4 per person all year

@Joevan1234 Год назад

Lol John I remember many years ago you were in a video just like this one saying you went 3 and a half hours with no fish....lol

@rgwaldron Год назад

I have fished off NJ for decades. This is the WORST season I have ever seen. Last year was hard weeding through small fish for an occasional keeper. This year there aren't even a lot of small fish to weed out! Granted, the weather has been an issue with a persistent southerly wind driving cold water inshore, draggers ,'mowing the lawn " almost daily though have destroyed the bottom and the fishing.

@georgeniebergall7074 Год назад

One more thing commercial dragon should be limited to 10 to 12 miles off the beaches I’m not even close to the fishing areas for the local rod and reel guy

@mattbobsong680 Год назад

Hi John, long time listener, first time caller… what’s easier to catch, fluke or harder to catch? I’ve always wanted to hear your thoughts on this. Thanks in advance. Regards, -Matt Bobsong

@MackBolan1 Год назад

Always bugged me how some people had a license to harvest for their own monetary gain, what actually belongs to all of us.

@jjm4643 Год назад

Well said, agree 100%

@LkyLindy1 Год назад

I fish Port Jefferson Long Island After the mf dragger goes through it’s like the dead zone

@moneyman2353 Год назад

Can you please make a video on how you make your rigs?

@JamesMerola 2 месяца назад

I belive the draggers and the gill-netters take the majority of the fish stock. I have seen the gill-netters take a whole stock of bluefish off the Jersey coast

@robbieallan6522 Год назад

I've never caught a fluke/flounder and we do get them around my area but nothing like the size I've seen on your channels in the usa 🇺🇸

@miketuesday267 Год назад

I was in R.I last week and a dragger was less than 2 miles off the beach. When it's foggy out they get less than a mile from the beach. Anyone know how far off they are supposed to be?..

@robbieallan6522 Год назад

All those bait fish that first fish puked up, alot of bait fish in the water, I know what you mean about the draggers we had a similar problem around the isle of man where I live and they created several no dredge trawling zones of several square miles around the island and the scallops and plenty of other marine life has started to thrive, I know those guys have to make a living but think seems to work by giving area's chance to recover.

@williammilauskas Год назад

Ny needs a congressman in its pockets instead of the commercial fishermen.......I've seen flounder in fishing markets only 8 inches long ..they take or kill everything

@striperslayer77 Год назад

John have you tried the Gulp Sand Eel? I rig the same way you do with a sand Eel up top. They are deadly

@mikebowen6759 Год назад

As John said, there's only a handful of draggers in the Sound only keeping 210 pounds a day. Rarely will they even catch that. There's so many more recreational and party/charter boats catching way more fish. A good day on any party boat will catch way more fluke than any dragger and there's a lot more of them. Also, fluke size limits on draggers minimizes waste. If you try to eat local from farms do the same for your seafood. Support your local commercial fishermen, they're just trying to make a living while providing high quality protein to the public

@jcfishingwrld Год назад

Recreational fishermen don’t destroy the entire environment by fishing like the draggers do.

@mikebowen6759 Год назад

@@jcfishingwrld Recreational fishermen and commercial fishermen kill fish. That's destroying the majority of the enviroment. Unless you're an expert on benthic organisms and species that inhabit it you can't say that draggers are destroying the entire environment while not even understanding it. I love to fish and I kill a lot of fish. It's understanding that everyone is doing some damage to the environment and believing that management and regulations are for the best of the fisheries. I don't want to argue in the youtube comments sections but blaming commercial fishermen for kill fish while remaining ignorant to recreational anglers also killing fish is unfair. The commercial fishing industry on Long Island is one of the oldest industries and is also diminishing because of beliefs like these. Support local businesses; support local commercial fishermen.

@backwoodsmainah Год назад

I am going to be trying fluke fishing in from the surf on Cape Cod for the first time next week. I currently have 5/0 Gamakatsu bait holders. Do you think that is too big? Plan on using 4in Gulp swimming mullets.

@cadmanfrederick1431 Год назад

Have you ever tried fish bites they seem to be more effective where I am on the south shore

@Jerry-sy8rd Год назад

Link for dehookers???

@TheDavinci545 Год назад

john, I own both of your fluke rods. can we get more angles of how much your jigging the rod. i feel that my bucktails are not moving the way yours are. I dont know if im jigging to hard or not hard enough. thanks

@jkriz6346 Год назад

Big offshore draggers is whats really hurting. The amount of bycatch that comes back dead is shocking as well. Not only that but the fish that come up dead from these nets definitely aren't good for sale. You'd think these commercial guys try to come up with better ways to catch fish, preserve the population, and keep them fresh. But these guys gotta make a living as well. Tough situation

@buddycherrix4837 Год назад

What kind of boat is this? Nice vid John.

@robertstorms5539 Год назад

John, if you see fluke spitting up sand eels why aren't you putting gulp sand eels on the hook?

@craigforster9861 Год назад

Jones Inlet in bay not worth going out. I am sure some people do ok. Not taking cover of boat.

@seancurley7954 Год назад

Saw S&S shut down. Do you know if anyone plans to buy or buy the molds? The tog jigs have been my go to since I found them. Tend to hang up the least and some of the strongest hooks available.

@jayfish718 Год назад

I don't think they should be anywhere near recreational twenty or thirty miles away

@duffmeister6480 Год назад

With the steep drop offs being on the westward edge of those shoals, do you prefer to be drifting in a westward direction ? I usually see draggers out in the middle of the sound, disturbing to see them there. Thanks.

@ryanglover8668 Год назад

Hey John, do you troll with the wind or with the current when they are opposed to each other? Thanks!! Great work as usual

@sd0753 Год назад

With the current for two reasons. One, the difference in speed and direction of the current and boat is what determines how vertical you can jig. Two, the bait is getting swept with the current. It is unnatural for bait to travel up current.

@jpstanton3223 Год назад

Have you ever eaten the sea robins John? I heard they are actually good but curious if you mess with them ever?

@thevernonposse Год назад

Do you ever use a drift sock

@douglasebert4542 Год назад

That first blue are all those sand eels and was still trying to eat?

@ralaurenzi Год назад

I guess those draggers don't believe in mufflers !

@googeelou Год назад

Couldnt find your link for dehooker

@timolean5846 Год назад

Crazy that you’re saying that up there cause it looks like one of the best fluke fisheries in the country. I’ve never caught a keeper in south jersey unless it was on a charter always shorts. A lot of people argue that with commercial fisherman and draggers you at least know how much they’re harvesting vs videos of some Mexican striper fishing overnight in jersey keeping 20 fish. Than saying he doesn’t speak English.

@matthewrosa540 Год назад

How do you adjust the tension knob on the accurist and what’s the purpose of it thanks John

@JohnSkinnerFishing Год назад

I don't touch it.

@marykelly8179 10 месяцев назад

6:06 if the commercial staggers are not the ultimate cause in the drop of fluke, adding to a drop in specific areas is still not justifiable.

@diverx99x Год назад

There is zero enforcement for the commercial draggers. The limits mean nothing and their bycatch is just as dead as the stuff they land.

@thevernonposse Год назад

Why can't they fish rod and reel like everyone else

@jellybean9396 Год назад

Your silly

@jessicuhh017 Год назад

last year there was a dragger that left 2 miles of dead porgy's from by-catch. I took pictures and videos and reported to DEEP, who told me "well, it's very unfortunate he did that, but we didn't see it so...." and that was it.... no fine, no punishment, no nothing. it's awful.

@joeymelini5478 Год назад

@@thevernonposse because I get paid by the pound 😂

@richardcornell9964 Год назад

Such a idiotic statement

@donaldblock640 Месяц назад

We had a saying when spotting a dragger "bring all tubes to bare" Yeah they have to make a living too but ask yourself this "when have you ever seen a fluke in a fish store" (I have never) Where is their catch going??

@pastapaul150 Год назад

Can’t believe dragging is still legal. Definitely having a effect. But they always restrict the rod and reel guy instead

@Fluke17 Год назад

What was your biggest/heaviest fluke you have caught in the Long Island sound?

@cobrasrock Год назад

Further west in the sound we have actually seen an improvement in the fluke fishing over the past 3 years. Between 2017 and 2020 keepers seemed few and far between with lots of shorts. However 2021-present has seen a substantial improvement in the ratio of keepers. Admittedly there is now a somewhat concerning low number of shorts leading to much less action.

@harrymoss6292 Год назад

NC still allows commercial flounder draggers and went over by 25,000 lbs. now we have no recreational season. I guess I’ll be heading up north soon for the flatties

@dngendron Год назад

At what point do laws become unjust and get broken. How is it fair that commercial fishing wipes out your recreational season

@saltyfisherman603 Год назад

Commercial fishing shit needs to shut down

@ragnarragnarsson3128 Год назад

I don't begrudge commercial fishing, but they should have to do it like they do in Iceland with the cod fishery: bunch of guys jigging...no nets. Level the playing field a little and less by catch