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I think that the bass that seem to be offshore stay off shore most of the time and rarely venture in to the surf. The SURF bass have been decimated by all the forces previously mentioned that have been preying on them for the last 100 years.
There has been a scientific finding that due to the overfishing of Codfish the stock that remains has had a shift in its growth pattern due to genetic factors. Seems the fish that grow fastest mature earliest have the most success in breeding and now there is 'new' codfish. We have been overfishing the inshore species of bass, I think we are selectively fishing them out to the point where they no longer breed to their historic #'s. If this was just the Cape you could say it is only X factor but it is all up and down the coast. There seem to be no summer bass anymore only the migration fish that pass us by. Habs I agree with you, its going down hill and faster each year.
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