[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by Clogston29

To me, the problem is over harvest of baitfish (menhaden, herring, mackeral, whiting, etc.) that is the problem, not the under harvest of bass. We've completely screwed up to ocean ecosystem and that is going to have consequences and everyone sees those consequences from their own point of vier. Lobsterman see too many bass eating lobsters. Striperman see bass that aren't as big/fat as they used to be. And on and on. Almost every bass that I've kept over the past few years has had nothing but crabs or lobster in their stomachs, most have nothing at all.

and the numbers of seals on the cape that eat all the bait are a good part of the problem of not having enough bait for bass and blues. I have not caught a fat bass ever in the last decade.