i managed 11 trips this past year with a total of kept fish at 152. all of the trips were made in the cooler weather, jan-feb then oct-dec. of the latter only 11" or better fish were harvested. my biggest went 14 1/4". my worst day was only one fish which was in october during the bash [pre-sandy]. hoping the coming year i can eek out a few more trips, we will see.