[Crazy-Al]

Hi Folks,
Doctorfish is 100% correct (NYS Regs)!

"Summer flounder may not have heads or tails removed or be otherwise cleaned, cut, filleted, or skinned until brought to shore, with the following exception: the white side fillet or white skin only of a legal size fluke may be removed to use as bait. The carcass of the fluke with dark side completely intact must be retained for inspection of size limit and counts against the possession limit."

This rule applies only to recreational fishermen! With the exception of Charter and Party boats (they are allowed to fillet both sides!)

Do you know why?

"Crazy" Alberto
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[Crazy-Al]

DoctorFish,
Once again... You are correct!

Here is another question regarding this fluke fillet law...

What are the "two" main reasons why they imposed this (filleting white side only)... Do you know?

"Crazy" Alberto
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[Crazy-Al]

bcmeyer wrote:
I have used searobin strips before and they do work. They also last a long time because they are so tough.
As to the above post I don't have a clue but would like to see the answer.
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Hello Bill,
I totally agree with you on the Sea Robin strips. In fact, my favorite part of the Sea Robin is the sides (white with a tint of orange)!

The answers to my question are ....
The "two" main reasons why they impose filleting the white side only are:

1) With the dark side intact - It is very difficult to stretch the fish!
For example... If you fillet the dark side off (and leave the white belly portion on) - You can easily gain 1"-2" from the original size. Hence… a 15" fluke can be stretched to 17"!

2) The other reason is to easily "identify the fish" . Another words, aside from it's obvious fluke teeth (flounder = no teeth)... Fluke has noticeable spots (rings) where a flounder does not.

"Crazy" Alberto
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