I know I'm beating a dead horse

Yup same goes for Fluke. I was fishing out of East Rockaway last year and saw NJ boats fishing NY waters for fluke

what are the Conn regs?

What ever happened to being penalized for non-compliance?

The 2025 NY Fluke regs allow 4 keepers with 19" minimum size, but > 19.5" after 8/2 :-o The 2025 NJ Fluke regs allow 3 keepers at 18" all season.
The difference in NY/NJ fluke bag limits began in 2019 when NJ was penalized 1 fluke when NJ went out of compliance with ASFMC guidelines.....

NY is 3 keepers.

That’s crazy. I’d love to hear what @Leprechaun and @captmike28 think. In New York we’ve always taken a conservative approach, cutting back, making sacrifices, doing what we thought were told was right. New Jersey, on the other hand, has done a great job standing up for their recreational anglers and it’s paid off. It’s a great place to fish. But here’s what doesn’t make sense. We’re fishing the same fish, in the same water, using the same gear, yet they get more days, more access, and more reasonable limits. Sometimes it feels like we’re doing all the saving and they’re getting all the benefit.

Sadly, this is a very old and painful story for all the NY Anglers who feel cheated by fishing the same waters as our neighboring states that have more favorable regulations.

The one that burns me the most is Sea Bass. Fishing the North Fork and eastern LI Sound I am constantly frustrated that our season begins a full month later than CT with a smaller bag limit and larger minimum size. To add insult to injury, I pay for separate permits to fish both NY and CT waters but because I am docked in NY I must still abide by our regulations! And I can assure you that I have seen CT registered boats "skirt" the law by taking Sea Bass in the Peconics once their season opens on May 17 hoping that they do not get boarded before the reach their home waters again. Coastwide management for these species is the only fair way to divide the resource IMHO.

If the Conn boats take BSB in our waters.....Aren't they subject to NY regulations?
Do they ever get boarded while in NY waters? If they were then it stop pretty quickly.

That’s crazy. I’d love to hear what @Leprechaun and @captmike28 think. In New York we’ve always taken a conservative approach, cutting back, making sacrifices, doing what we thought were told was right.

If the Conn boats take BSB in our waters.....Aren't they subject to NY regulations?
Do they ever get boarded while in NY waters? If they were then it stop pretty quickly.

Of course, the CT boats are subject to NY regulations while fishing in our waters. But, as Overbored and many others have noted enforcement is quite lean.