"Where ya been man!!! There are no pogies....Name for us three perse (sic) seiners that you know that are fishing for pogies."
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Well, it appears that somebody's seining pogies down South - so there's one, lemme come up with a coupla more...
Wait, Ark Bait up this way...there's two. Whaddya think, there might be at least a couple more between Virginia and Maine? Possible, huh?
"You must be kidding about a 36" size limit. Don't you remember we had a 36" limit that you the recreational fisherman wanted lowered."
Yeah, I'm a rec but I assume you're using the editorial "you", Fly Rod, since I don't recall personally supporting anything to lower the size limit. I have a lot of friends who are comms and I
don't - and never would - support making striped bass a game fish coastwide.
Like Ed said, it's a shared resource and it should be shared equitably.
So if you want to ensure a healthy fishery for ALL of us, screw the whales, SAVE THE POGIES!!!!!