RIrockhound,
In my unscientific opinion, the bunker reaching RI and MA now, are a direct result of NJ's reduction boat bill 4 years ago. Thats a pretty short period to realize such great results so far north. I think maintaining strong abundance of bunker in the bay will be a huge stepping stone for expanding populations of the bunkers northern territory. Its not just about us in RI, the bay or Striped Bass or surfcasters
What Narragansett and Buzzards Bay is seeing is just the tail end of the bunker biomass. What we are seeing now is not close to what we remember, at least when I was young.
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