think :smash: !!!!! please let the big cows w/500000 eggs get a chance to breed...lets fase gentlemen you have to save the big breeders :love:in the fall .. i think it should be c/r all large bass after oct 1st and 1or2 fish under 28 per day ....save the big cows for future breeding for a larger size smolt. big fish have healthy fry:....or does that make to much sense.:rotf2:the big fish dont eat as good as the sm ones.. also little ones have less pcb's and myrex:confused: thank you....it kills me to see two big fish leave w/ 1 man .....as u know.....:wall:

I woud bet any amount of money that if we posted al the availabe info on mortality as it relates to size limits and the spawning productivity charts as they reate to size limits that almost all on this poll would change their minds.

Just an observation.

Best idea is to spend some time at the upcoming ASMFC Annual Meeting being hed in Newport RI next month.

1@34"

It's funny, just yesterday I was reading an old thread in a charter boat forum (I think) about a bill in MA that was proposed to limit it to 1 fish per day. These charter boat captains were crying to each other how it would hurt the industry and that people wouldn't pay to charter if they could only keep one fish "that couldn't even feed a family". They also thought it was crazy not to let the captain and mate each take 2 per day. I have not been able to get this out of my mind since reading it. Some of these boats are keeping 12 fish per day. I think that 1 per day is more than enough and people that charter should only get to keep a real trophy (bigger that 48" maybe). Just an unprofessional opinion.

Some charter skippers actually do two trips per day and could legally keep 28 fish per day, believe it or not.

12 fish X two trips=24 fish

2 more fish each for skipper and mate=4

24+4=28

I Strongly believe in having the OPTION of taking 2 FISH per Day!!!

28" +


Shame on those who do not eat some of the fish they catch, yet will eat store bought fish!!! :smash:....LAZY azzz bastuds. :uhuh:

Yes, I EAT fish.....lots of it. I have bass in the freezer now, and hope to add some Tog to it as well :soon:

Nothing wrong eating stripped bass, but some degree of conservation has to be practiced. Remember the 80's?
Also, a friend went out in a group of 5 this summer on a charter to BI; each man on the charter caught his limit totalling 10 bass, and the captain retained two extra bass. At the dock the captain gave his fish to his clients, creating a situation that's wasteful and no doubt illegal, given that the clients walked away with more than the limit.

Considering its a possesion limit, if one of those guys got pulled over and inspected they would have been screwed

Keep in mind, when these results post they are going to represent significant selection bias - and not be a true representation of the overall fishing public.

This site is generally a group of good fisherman that put in alot of days/hours - the result will reflect that and not necessarily the larger user group.

Kind of like taking a poll on the effectiveness of Barrack Obama in South Providence.

That said - Interested to see the results.

1@36"

i do

cap n mate are only allowed 2/day

not /trip

1 @ 36"
 

Hoping it will prevent guys from high-grading 28" fish and killing multiples.

No commercial season.

No fishing in spawning areas just before or during spawning season.

Earmark license funds to protect spawning habitat and step up fisheries enforcement.

Slot
 

I'd like to see a slot, one small and one 36 or 42+ plus, I like to eat an occassional striper but smaller is tastier.

I think this poll on a striper fishing message board will be much different than the same poll with average Joes. If you participate in a striper web site and read the board and take polls , odds are you will be an avid fisherman who number 1...catches planty of fish over 36 and number 2 have a concern for the fishery.

You would not believe the number of fisherman who go maybe 1 or 2 times a year and cannot catch a fish at all. If they do , its likely a 24 or 26 inch fish. They don't get to keep anything. There are probabl;y 10 of these people to every one of us who are more into the sport.

Anyway , If the poll on a striper site comes out any way other than showing the fewest number of bigger fish I would be very surprised. Just remember that of 80 guys vote that way here , there are probably 800 guys out there who would vote the other extreme of the largest number of small fish.

one fish per person..26-28"....said it before, you up to 36" and these folks who really don't know how to fish will kill more trying to get to that 36" fish....stiffy is right, keep it small....all others get tossed back..take your pic and release it if you feel the need to beet on your chest.

It already is coastwidel. Except for a small section of Chesapeake Bay, it 2 at 28 or stricter all along the coast.

1 between 22" and 27"

one between 18 and 26in. best eating and we shouldn't eat more than one a month anyhow. let them reproduce.

Actually I like Maine's slot limit, 1 fish it can be 20" to 26" or over 40". I think there is some fairly sound fisheries management science behind it.

Personal opinion
 

I think we should copy the recreational policies of Chesapeake Bay fisheries, One at 18"-24" and one "trophy" above 40" with special permit during spawning... But reg season is still 2 a day 28" minimum... And as far as commercial goes I think they should go to quota fishing end of story once the limit hits its OVER done I think they should do tis with most fisheries to be honest. It works the best...

as a meat fisherman it pains me to say it but i would be in favor of a 50% reduction in the harvest of stripers both comm and rec. for recs 1 fish at 28"-36" plus some sort of trophy (44"+?) clause and cut the comm quota by half. it would be nice to see the waters teeming w/ bass. that being said we better make sure these bass have enough to eat inshore, ie more pogs and less dogs

The results are hidden for everyone but Administrators, Moderators and thread starter.

But I'm not surpeised ;)

The one thing that needs to be fixed is the bait, netting needs to be limited and the seals need to be thinned out once this happens the bass will be alot stronger

1 @ 36", leave the breeder males ALONE!!!

if ya can't reach that mark, then get better or stay the EFFF home!
and leave your trash, landing strip lights, and stinking
white buckets home TOO!!! just my humble opinion, gents!
:bl: :bl: :bl:

I think 1 fish at 30" -36" slot

Then you have to buy a license to keep any fish over 45" and limit that at 3 for the season. (calm down its just an idea)

It'd be like getting a doe license. Aren't the big girls the best breeders? isn't that the idea? With cameras everywhere these days do you need to drag it home anymore? The meat isn't even as good.

I've thought about this subject a lot this year. A couple of things I've noticed is in the few times I've been outside the three mile range either tuna fishing or on bass tagging trips for the state there is no shortage of bass offshore. I personally think this has a lot to do with where the majority of the bait is. If you take river herring for example in years past there were millions of fish going up and down runs and billions of juveniles dropping out, basically providing a season long inshore food source, thus giving a reason for fish to stay inshore. Now with these runs in peril the food source is greatly reduced giving fish far less reason to stay inshore. What I'm trying to say is, the bass are going to go where the bait is and right now there is a lot more bait offshore than inshore. So by just lowering bag limit I really don't think you are going to see much of an improvement of the inshore fishery. All that being said I would be in favor in a reduction of the bag limit to 1 @ 28" which still gives your average Joe a chance to take home a fish.

1 @ 28"

[QUOTE=BassDawg;720387]1 @ 36", leave the breeder males ALONE!!!
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Target the females and leave the males alone?

It would be great if the ASMFC did not hold their meetings at 1:30 on a week day. Some of us have to work...