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Mr. Sandman · 10-16-2004, 12:18 PM

After last night....I've had it....I am looking forward to ski season now....where is my Jay Peak Brochure?

I put more hours in and caught less bass then any year ever. Thank God for the other species cause bass'n is not worth the effort anymore. I fished thru the crisis years and it was better during that period then it is now. Yes, I did catch fish this season, some days were decent esp in the spring, but this fall run has really sucked IMO. To be honest it lasted 1.5 weeks and was mainly a boat affair. Very disappointing.

I hate to say this but I honestly believe we are headed towards another serious bass problem, there is no question in my mind that this species is overfished and underfed....this can't go on much longer and what worries me the most is nothing is being done about it. Catch limits are being increased each year and recent reports indicate a high mortality of the little guys again in MD. I would go for another complete closure at this point...that is how bad I think it is. They need to bring back the bunker and herring in a major way too. The reason the lobstering is so poor in our area is that this is the only thing for the bass to eat. When will the DMF get it?...these things are all interconnected. If you take away the bunker they will eat lobsters, when they are gone you have starving fish that are more likely to get sick.

Red said it right, these fish are "hollow". They look OK at first glanse, they have guts(albeit flabby)...but they are just empty..the ones you catch. Fish that should push 40 are in the mid 20's. There is a chart in out tackle shop printed in the 80s' that has average weights of bass for a given length...I have never seen one fish even come close to this.

IMO schoolies and small fish don't coun't in a fall run as a measure of quality of the run... They eat small bait, silversides, minnows ect. But big fish need big food.

How many big fish (over 25#) have you caught from the shore this fall?

How many big fish blitz's have you seen this season?

10-16-2004, 12:18 PM	#11
Mr. Sandman Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 7,649	Bass: overfished and underfed After last night....I've had it....I am looking forward to ski season now....where is my Jay Peak Brochure? I put more hours in and caught less bass then any year ever. Thank God for the other species cause bass'n is not worth the effort anymore. I fished thru the crisis years and it was better during that period then it is now. Yes, I did catch fish this season, some days were decent esp in the spring, but this fall run has really sucked IMO. To be honest it lasted 1.5 weeks and was mainly a boat affair. Very disappointing. I hate to say this but I honestly believe we are headed towards another serious bass problem, there is no question in my mind that this species is overfished and underfed....this can't go on much longer and what worries me the most is nothing is being done about it. Catch limits are being increased each year and recent reports indicate a high mortality of the little guys again in MD. I would go for another complete closure at this point...that is how bad I think it is. They need to bring back the bunker and herring in a major way too. The reason the lobstering is so poor in our area is that this is the only thing for the bass to eat. When will the DMF get it?...these things are all interconnected. If you take away the bunker they will eat lobsters, when they are gone you have starving fish that are more likely to get sick. Red said it right, these fish are "hollow". They look OK at first glanse, they have guts(albeit flabby)...but they are just empty..the ones you catch. Fish that should push 40 are in the mid 20's. There is a chart in out tackle shop printed in the 80s' that has average weights of bass for a given length...I have never seen one fish even come close to this. IMO schoolies and small fish don't coun't in a fall run as a measure of quality of the run... They eat small bait, silversides, minnows ect. But big fish need big food. How many big fish (over 25#) have you caught from the shore this fall? How many big fish blitz's have you seen this season?