the only reason it lasted this long …………..is it was 16" Maryland 12" all you could catch 365 days a year ..no license to fish or sell .& they closed it & opened it very slowly with strong restrictions over time .
now they want to just make adjustments / no complete closeure with [might as well say] no enforcement .
now we have much more knowledgeable fisherman .mainly do to the internet / cell phone ..
I have a good friend that went to a convention /etc 5 or 6 years ago for 3 days in one of the mid/ eastern states …….. there were general fisherman , draggers owners/ comm R&R guys and many commercial/rec captains . which are charter boats captains ……..they came from Canada to Florida & the west coast . run by a few scientist & biologist . He said on the 2nd day / after a lunch break .one of the biologist asked them if they want to save 1.5 days [lol] & get to the bottom of the issues …………..yes was the answer ,
well …….. he said besides the continuing advancement of teck in all sort of gear , from R&R,s to boats but mostly electronics .
the bottom ;line * he used this word .
there aew waaaaaaaaay to many #^&#^&#^&#^&ing fisherman & waaaaaaaay not enough stripers .
My friend came home thought it over .thought about all the time & effort in spent in the 1st striper wars .& said not this time ……….#^&#^&#^&#^& it .pulled his boat , quit his fishing business & to my knowledge has never saltwater fished again …………….I quit asking him to go .
He updated his F/W gear .. studied up & learned some of the FW fishing & has never looked back .
&&&&&&&&& there is a proposal on the table in RI asking that two commercial be allowed to fish from one boat , for safety & economic reasons .B/S // the only fish you can except to fill the daily quota is Sea Bass & sometimes Fluke ……..& even this year it was very, very difficult .even the draggers when coming in with MEDs /
now stripers …………… not a whole lot of fisherman were catching their 5 bass a day never mind ten keeps ……………………………………………...unless you were ay BI & the EEZ ……………………….. that,s what they really want it for , some guys don,t have the boat the feel safe in or care to go at night to make that trip …………..some don,t even fish stripers . but if you can add one of those fisherman that normally wouldn,t be involved in the continunion of the slaughter of the xl breaders to the [reduced] fishery now I that,s a completely different story ……..is this going to help the fishery ///////think about it .
