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Originally Posted by l.i.fish.in.vt
i think it is a combination of many things.the seals have wiped out the ground fish,so why would big bass venture close to the beach. you have a good amount of large bait in the NY,NJ area so the majority of large are not coming north.i think the inshore water quality has changed. whether it has to do with the amount of chorine run off or fertilzer something is changing the water
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Seals definately have an impact... but seals don't explain the widespread lack of groundfish where the seals don't even exist. I hear people tying the lack of fluke and winters to seals? We don't even friggin have a seal population here in long island sound and we still don't have flatfish to speak of. If humans weren't involved, the population of seals could be 10 times greater and there would be a thriving balanced ecosystem. The seals play a part in the current situation on the cape, but we caused it.