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Old 01-30-2007, 11:39 AM   #10
piemma
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There is a big difference between a rec guy in a boat like me snagging a half dozen pogies to live line and Ark bait netting 50, 000 pogies on one drag.

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You are probably right... but how can you be sure there is a big difference in the overall impact between comms and recs? There are alot of boats out there snagging a couple dozen at a time several times a week for months. I hear the same argument about the rec vs comm. striper catch. The data indicates that recs dramatically out-harvest the comms. with bass.
Zimmy:
Point well taken. But, I still don't think the rec bass guys or the comm bass guys will make a dent in the Pogie population compared to what the ARK bait boats and their spotter planes do. We are talking tons as opposed to pounds of pogies harvested.

No boat, back in the suds.
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