Rumors about stripers
 

Rumors have it that in a couple of years they might reduce the size limit of stripers... If you know any thing about it reply :claps: :claps: :claps:

I wish they would raise it again for a couple years.

It should go the other way and make a keeper 34 or even 36 inches!!!

36" please

Why would you want it bigger

I herd it might go to 20

Itll never go to 20... much to the chagrin of southeast asian poachers everywhere.

Bigger minimum size = bigger median size of fish (hopefully) less people bringing home the schoolies..

36" minimum would be great.

another vote to bring it back up

...and back to one a day

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't 28-34 in bass breaders?

bring it back to 36"

Bigger please.

Slot, or 36-40in please

When the limit was 36, we were getting good quality fish, all largees.

36" and one fish please.

i have no problem w/slot limits for non comm. :shocked:

1 at 36' thats my vote :alien:

i thought this site was 18 or over?? guess that limit has changed too :huh:

a 36" striper is older than he is.i think.

Bring it back to 36".

Does anyone know what the best breading fish is? i.e. When people get bent out of shape when 50+ pounders are taken do those big old fish still produce or not. Are they like humans where after a certain age it just doesn't work anymore?

Whats this, do fish take viagra? :laughs:

Striperboy, check you e-mail...


Eben, the age isn't hardfast 18, we have several members that are under 18 but they seem to have the blessings of their folks and are not 11 years old.

Kudos to the kid, at 11, wanting to join our group and having a great passion for stripers, unfortunately, that's toooo young IMO... I would not let my son hang around you riff-raff when he's 11 either...

so many darn questions he'll give bigfish a run for his money.
day one up to like 30 posts.
nice he's 11 and fishes, but this probly ain't the place for him?

John, do you still have the youth forum up???

show him capesams or fishaholic's avatar so he can witness the horror of old fishermen

It all boils down to reproductive potential and fecundity. Fecundity is the number of eggs a female fish produces. The larger the fish, the more resources it can allocate toward egg production. Therefore, the largest fish lay the most eggs -- and they don't go thru the 'pause. But although a 50 lb-er may lay more eggs in one whack, it has lower reproductive potential, as it is not expected to live for a heck of alot longer. Reproductive potential is the potential number of offspring a fish can produce in its remaining lifetime. So...a younger, smaller fish has greater reproductive potential, assuming it will live for many more years, grow, and make more babies each year. So don't feel guilty taking the monster fish...think twice about keeping the 28 inchers, because they're the ones with many years of breeding and tons of striper babies in their future.

I wish they'd raise it and make it 1 fish per day. And... dare I say.... stop the commercial fishery :rude:

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How about catch and release only recreational and keep commercial fishing but limit the days and amounts of fish so the season lasts longer :nailem: :p

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I agree with Bruce or Canalman either way. P.

In Mass, they added 1 extra rec fish and 250K pounds or so to the R&R comm guys. Personaly, I would like to see losing the extra fish recreationally, or maybe a slot 21-26 and over 38, plus losing 500K commercially with a take of 10 per day that would extend the season and bring the price per pound back up.

Bassbabe,

Thanks for that info on bass reproduction :wavey:

i would like it set back the old way 1 fish at 28in and i would be open to having a slot limit.people seem to forget we had a compleat collapse of the striped bass populations not to long ago in the mid to late 70's and 80's. it is too soon to be raising size and bag limits with this stock just recovering i say make the striped bass a gamefish it makes sense the striped bass stocks cannot support comm and recs at such a high level of commerical harvest also we should regulate the whole ecosystem including forage and natural conditions(pollution,run off and such) in the chesapeke and hundson the main breeding grounds of the striped bass

36" and 1 fish

maine has a slot and it bites!!!!!!!
 

while we r at it outlaw worms and chunk....I see too many 14 to 20 inch fish floating by my place on the river :nailem: :gorez: :liquify: :behead:

Had to reply here! Why in the world would anyone be happy if they lowered the size?? As it is 28inches is way to small, it should go back to at least 34, I would love 36....Why do people want to keep dinks! They should also make it a one fish limit

Hey! They are burning me in effigy on FFSW cause I joined this discussion. But the thought of making it a gamefish is just ridiculous. Just cause commercial fisheries for groundfish are F$%^@! up doesn't mean that the current bass situation has anything remotely to do with commercial fishing. It's fishing pressure in general and the biggie that everyone of the so-called righteous sportfisherman seem to conviently forget "LACK OF SUITABLE BAIT".
Duh!!!!!! Look at the canal this year so far, poor herring runs (decimated by sportfisherman I might add) The last time recordable numbers of adult pogies was seen around the cape has been ten years or so now maybe longer. Seen a whiting in the canal in the last twenty years? No. The commercial fishing catch is tightly regulated, christ, it's been since 1937 since haul seining was stopped and the bass is now recognized as the most studied, most regulated fishery in Massachusetts waters. We know how nay the commercials take yet any guess as to the take of sportfishers is just that, a guess. Giime a break. Sportfish status? Time to join the Stripers Forever crowd with thier junk science to back up thier claims. One over 36 will get you better fishing thats true but without the large bait that 36 inch fish will go 16 instead of twenty five like they used too when we had big bait. Can't see the forest from the trees and the debate goes on. What a waste of breath. Save the bait the bass can take care of themselves. :nailem:

Flaptail -- Word. That's all I have to say.