I whack em and gill em with the scissors. Those fillets come out very pristine after they bleed out. Thinking about taking the girls out today. Kinda windy and a little chilly right now. We'll see. Let yinz know if we go.

LOL   Just messing with ya all there are pretty of Alewives and SLAMMIN the stripers last night.  But Some SCHMUCK With A cast net had to get close enough to Get A GOOD Yelling At But I was the bad guy   LOL People Have no CLUE to Boat etiquette's  Must have had at least 6 boats come within 5 yards of my boat.  Need to get a bait sling shot and send them a few chucks of STINK bait !!!!!!
 

BIGHEAD catch a few for me.
Last time I went for Stripers was with Spoonie wading at his favorite spot by the island.

yes with some of the stupid rules the fish commish comes up with , they really need to fix the lighting rule on nonpowered craft, someone is going to get killed you cant see them at night, and there is just so many of them out there anymore, and they have no common sense

Why is it not a rule that ALL craft need lights at night? It's only common sense.
 

Small crafts must have lights too.

7A...... 7C

I read "any" boat "anchored" must display an all around white light positioned 1 meter above the craft.


While underway (includes drifting)
Manually powered craft and sail boats less than 7 meters only need carry a handheld white light "ready" to be displayed in time, to avoid a collision.

When I used my kayak at night, I built my own white light that attached behind me at about 4’ above the water surface. Other boats definitely saw me, seeing how they approached around me. I have no idea how you could get away with a handheld light while paddling.

You installed a light because you have common sense.

My favorite part is, the law prohibiting the use of spot/docking lights while underway.

Granted, a fixed light on the bow of a boat doesn't do much good pointing toward the sky at night but there are self leveling style lights that maintain a beam horizontal to the water, no matter the angle of the bow.

ummm a bow angle within reason I should say. Given the doorknobs who have no idea of properly loading a boat and their boat moves through the water at a 75 degree angle. 😋

RIGHT ON Rip,  Miss the CRABBY OLD BASTARD   LOL  Welp finally happened caught myself my first KAYAK   was easier to pull in than a thought.