Now all we need is cow hunter to pop in here and say everything is just fine. Where has he been anyway?
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Nebe,nowhere do i say things are fine,do i profit from bass yes,i sell a few fish ,sell some plugs and work in a tackle shop.to say that there is absolutly no fish in an area that i fish in is total bs.if he said there are no fishermen i would agree.as far as Cowhunter goes he is probably busy catching all the fish that aren't there.if things are as bad as every one on this site says,maybe it is time to stop fishing altogether,you fish you kill no matter how careful you are.

So many striped bass these days you don't even need waders anymore.
You just need to know where to look, that's all.

also no need for waders when your fishing is done on the keyboard

more like this:

The guys back in the 80's didn't say things were fine either. I was there. I was on the docks in cuttyhunk then. I witnessed this first hand as a kid.

Do you think there is a problem? If not, that's fine. If you do, then look for solutions.
I haven't killed a bass in a few years. All are released.
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If you are talking about NS you would be way off.

I just don't get you guys who think the fishery is just fine.

Even if you consistently do well on the water, how can you ignore the experiences of all your surf casting peers?

The numbers of fish continue to decline year to year. It's truly sad.

If they looked at the 2012 ASMFC total catch graph, they would see the recreational catch is down 60% in 6 years. Depends on your definition of fine.

Based on my journal entries, I am seeing something different. :-(.

:rotf2::rotf2: LMFAO

its funny what passes for "good" fishing in the last year or two..... anytime somebody catches more than one er two fish, we think they had a good trip....

VT, I agree, I caught some fish in the spring too. But the simple fact is that from late July through the end of the year it was DEAD. The worst I have seen in 25 years of fishing the area. I'm sure there are people that still caught fish when I didn't. But the fact is that while I'm no sharpie, I know what I'm doing and consistently catch when there are fish around. There were lots of fishless trips the last two months. While fishing in any area over two months is anecdotal, I for one am very, very worried about the fishing.

This basically sums up how I feel.