It kind of bothers me how "holier than thou" every one can be on here.
There are size min to help control the future of our fishing!!!
Its not Joe Fisherman that hurts the fluke population, it the commercial guys killing everything they drag up. I'm not talking about filling coolers with shorts, maybe that wasn't clear. Besides, no one on here has ever used a fluke belly or two for bait? And if I get caught so be it, I know the risks, its like any thing else in life. I don't think the few fish I take home on my 3 or 4 trips a year are damaging anything.
Also, whats it been 18 inches for 2 or 3 years now? So why are all the fish consistently short? Shouldn't those 100 17 inches I threw back last year be 18 by now? Its all a sham. With all the commercial fishing nothings going to change, except that sooner or later the size will be 25 inches or none at all while they continue to drag up every 14 incher they see.
I hope you don't shoot a doe in buck season just because you bought shot gun shells and paid for gas to drive to your favorit hunting spot
I shoot does during buck season because I paid for a tag, its fun, and because you can't eat the antlers.