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We used to be able to fill an igloo 168 in a night of fishing off the north bar at BI, sometimes in one tide! We are the the northern extreme of their range, so we only see the bigger "tiderunner" fish. They are heavily fished commercially from southern NJ to NC. The ASMFC is supposed to be doing something about it. They are definately cyclical in nature, on an approx 10year cycle. But the current poor showing is far below what it should be at this point in their cycle. Lots of small ones are bring snared in Gillnets in MD and DE,and, so far, teh ASMFC has done nothing to stop it. The abundance or lack of pogies has nothing to do with thier abundance, In fact one of their favorite foods is grass shrimp. Oh, and I agree, they are delicious, how anyone can compare them to bluefish is beyond me. Their meat is white!
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