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striprman · 02-22-2007, 10:38 AM

When I was younger, it was load the boat to the gunnels, full speed ahead(to the market). Still like to get a big bucket of macs but the allure of commercial fishing (scup, bass,blues,squet, fluke/flounder) from a small boat has losts its appeal (lost it the day "100 pounds + 1 fish" stopped).
The fish markets at Onset and Wareham were a fun place to stop and look at the "days catch".
I think there are much more persons fishing all up and down the coast "now a days", then there was 30 years ago. Even with limits, just too many guys/poachers.
Last summer saw many small bass in the canal (big ones too) in great numbers, but they were smaller sized fish than the huge schools of 34-35 inch fish that blitzed 10-15 years ago when the size was 34 & 36"

02-22-2007, 10:38 AM	#2
striprman Wishin' for fishin' iTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Brockton Posts: 1,651 Blog Entries: 1	When I was younger, it was load the boat to the gunnels, full speed ahead(to the market). Still like to get a big bucket of macs but the allure of commercial fishing (scup, bass,blues,squet, fluke/flounder) from a small boat has losts its appeal (lost it the day "100 pounds + 1 fish" stopped). The fish markets at Onset and Wareham were a fun place to stop and look at the "days catch". I think there are much more persons fishing all up and down the coast "now a days", then there was 30 years ago. Even with limits, just too many guys/poachers. Last summer saw many small bass in the canal (big ones too) in great numbers, but they were smaller sized fish than the huge schools of 34-35 inch fish that blitzed 10-15 years ago when the size was 34 & 36" Last edited by striprman; 02-22-2007 at 10:48 AM..