Likwid there were no seals around 25 30 years ago I was full time commercial fishing up until a couple of years ago [[shelling fishing]] which means I was on the water 12 months a year // back then in RI or Mt Hope bay /if someone saw a seal //it made the front page of the local paper // about 15- 20 years ago they started to increase steadly /at first when we were digging / ya would stop & watch them ..//the last ten years they have just mulipied [sp] >. We now have boats taking customers seal watching //// the problem besides eating Stripers //is Flat Out / what do you THINK they eat from November thru April // eels & Winter Flounder // every time I see one feeding its on them // The winter flounder population is a joke// I haven,t caught one in the bay in ten years / I,ve heard of a few caught but never seen them // eels we use to pull [[[just 3]] eel pots & have enough eels to fish 2 guys for a full weekend /& still put back the market size// now === I didn,t catch 5 bait size all last year //////
Oh yea / by the way the // they eat them tooooooooo .....
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