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Young Salt · 05-01-2005, 11:02 AM

you are right, atlantic herring is what they are AFTER. Do they throw back EVERY bycatch river herring? Even if they do how much damage does it do to a herring to be netted, boated, sorted, then tossed back.

Atlantic herring are important forage for large stripers. River herring don't seem to be doing very well, if the atlantic herring become overfished what impact will that have on your fishing, in terms of both the size and numbers.

The Ship is right off jamestown, not out in the ocean, so it means that atlantic herring are still generally inshore. Less bait there will make it less attractive to stripers.

05-01-2005, 11:02 AM	#21
Young Salt Salt of the Earth iTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Suburbia, RI Posts: 1,025	you are right, atlantic herring is what they are AFTER. Do they throw back EVERY bycatch river herring? Even if they do how much damage does it do to a herring to be netted, boated, sorted, then tossed back. Atlantic herring are important forage for large stripers. River herring don't seem to be doing very well, if the atlantic herring become overfished what impact will that have on your fishing, in terms of both the size and numbers. The Ship is right off jamestown, not out in the ocean, so it means that atlantic herring are still generally inshore. Less bait there will make it less attractive to stripers. Last edited by Young Salt; 05-01-2005 at 11:11 AM..