Ok now for a real dumb question. The Anglers guide states that it is just a guide and to consult state statutes for actual laws.

So that would mean that the section on minimum lengths 26-159a-4 above is the "letter of the law".

Yet the information we have been provided by the DEEP for the current season differs.

Note particularly :

Summer flounder 18"
Black sea bass 13"
Tog 16"

Marine Recreational Fisheries
Regulations for 2012
Effective March 14, 2012

Striped Bass
Minimum length: 28 inches
Daily creel limit: 2 fish per angler
Open Season: Open Year Round

Bonus Striped Bass Fishing Program



Striped Bass Image


Summer Flounder (Fluke)
Minimum length: 18 inches
Daily creel limit: 5 fish per angler
Open Season: May 15 - October 31

Enhanced Opportunity Shore
Fishing Sites. Min. Length: 16 inches





Summer Flounder Image

Tautog (Blackfish)
Minimum length: 16 inches
Open Season: April 1 - April 30,
2 fish per angler
Open Season: July 1 - August 31,
2 fish per angler
Open Season: October 10 - Dec. 6
4 fish per angler



Tautog (Blackfish) Image


Scup (Porgy)
Minimum length: 10.5 inches
Daily creel limit: 20 fish per angler
Open Season: May 1 - December 31

Party/Charter Vessels:
Min Length, Creel Limit, Open Season:
11 inches, 20 fish per angler from
May 1 - August 31 and Nov. 1 - Dec. 31
40 fish per angler from Sept. 1 - Oct. 31

Enhanced Opportunity Shore
Fishing Sites. Min. Length: 9 inches



Scup (Porgy) Image
Bluefish
Minimum length: None
Daily creel limit: 10 fish per angler
(including "snappers")
Open Season: Open Year Round

Bluefish Image


Black Sea Bass
Minimum length: 13 inches*
Daily creel limit: 15 fish per angler
Open Season: June 15 - December 31

* Excluding Tail Fin Filament (Tendril).



Black Sea Bass Image

Weakfish (Sea Trout)
Minimum length: 16 inches
Daily creel limit: 1 fish
Open Season: Open Year Round


Weakfish Image

Winter Flounder
Minimum length: 12 inches
Daily creel limit: 2 fish per angler
Open Season: Open April 1 - May 30
Winter Flounder Image

Hickory Shad / American Shad
Minimum length: None
Daily creel limit: 6 fish per angler
(Both species in aggregate)
Open Season: Open Year Round

Hickory Shad Image

American Shad image

White Perch
Minimum length: 7 inches
Daily creel limit: 30 fish per angler
Open Season: Open Year Round

White Perch Image

American Eel
Minimum length: 6 inches
Daily creel limit: 50 fish per angler
Open Season: Open Year Round

American eel

Atlantic Cod
Minimum length: 22 inches
Daily creel limit: 10 per angler
Open Season: Open Year Round
Atlantic cod

Haddock
Minimum length: 18 inches
Daily creel limit: None
Open Season: Open Year Round
Haddock

Pollock
Minimum length: 19 inches
Daily creel limit: None
Open Season: Open Year Round
Pollock


Blue Crab
Minimum shell width (spike tip to spike tip)
5 inches - Hard shell
3 1/2 inches - Soft shell
Daily creel limit: None
Open Season: May 1 - November 30
Blue Crab Image


Content last updated on April 5, 2012


Here is the link : http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2696&q=322740&depNav_GID=1647


So I guess the question would be have the statues not been up dated?
Or Will we be considered "in violation" if we follow the April 5th listings??? I am so confused.