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Slipknot · 03-01-2006, 07:59 PM

I stopped getting herring in 2001 I think. I got 1 herring that year, the lines were rediculous. I have not fished them live since then.
I don't miss it, it's too much like work. Some people think tossing 4-5 ounce jigs for hours work, I call it recreation, especially when the fish are biting. Herring fishing can be addicting I know, but the lines and the shortages take the fun out of it. I hope the runs can recover, but I think it will take more than 3 years, the good thing is they didn't wait untill there were practically none left.

03-01-2006, 07:59 PM	#12
Slipknot Super Moderator iTrader: (0) Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Middleboro MA Posts: 17,125	I stopped getting herring in 2001 I think. I got 1 herring that year, the lines were rediculous. I have not fished them live since then. I don't miss it, it's too much like work. Some people think tossing 4-5 ounce jigs for hours work, I call it recreation, especially when the fish are biting. Herring fishing can be addicting I know, but the lines and the shortages take the fun out of it. I hope the runs can recover, but I think it will take more than 3 years, the good thing is they didn't wait untill there were practically none left.