Thanks for the info
On a side note to this topic...I grew up in the Bronx and fished mainly the western sound my whole life until I recently bought a seasonal house in the Hampton Bays a few years ago. I have made some friends that were born and raised here In the bays and I have met some transplants from Queens and the boroughs. What I have noticed which is really shocking to me , is I experience more people out here that let’s say “bend the rules“ as far as fish quotas/ size restrictions go then the “Cityits “ as we are commonly referred to. I was under the assumption that if you grew up in Seaside communities that you had a greater respect for the ocean and it’s inhabitants ,than the people that did not live in the area. And please do not misunderstand me , this does not mean that people from the urban areas that flock to the water to fish do not poach also. This is just my personal observation that I have made coming from a different background with a small sample size .
Sore subject for us locals for sure Occh
As someone who grew up here I can assure you I am NOT a local who bends the rules.
Whether I agree with rules or not I follow them.
As far as the peeps you think are regularly breaking the rules, I trust you know there are several guys in the hampton bays/shinny area that are commercial pin hookers??? They are legally fishing with a hook and line in the bay with different regs.
I am somebody that openly and regularly uses the term "city-its". It's just the way it is.
No disrespect to you whatsoever.
So long as the out of town so called fisherman continue to line the jetty's of the shinnecock canal, while parking illegally, fishing with no licenses, filling their pails with whatever they pull in regardless of size or species, illegally camping overnight, and leaving mountains of garbage behind, you are fighting an absolute losing battle of pitting locals verse city its....
