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There were a lot of us that just kept fishing. Tag n release became a big thing as the research data was important. Stripers Unlimited became a focal point for Bob Pond. The Tri State Tournament went all catch n release covering 3 states to help gather info by catches,size,numbers and location.Lots of us just ground down the barbs an kept going. Fish size ,numbers, locations an so on were talked about freely to help get these numbers into the hands of the researchers to help the decline. Sometimes the fishing was great but those times were few n far between. Those of us that kept going did ok. Blues were everywhere with large stripers swimming under them feeding on the bunker peices from the blues.As far as the number of fishermen,well most were hardcores or oldtimers.Us younger fishermen chased the oldtimers to learn. we learned and landed some big fish.Just to find a new spot that held 20 plus lb fish was a very good thing. I never stopped chasing the stripers.
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