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You guys seem to have a lot of political views on the subject. As a CT residence my friends and I are all for a saltwater license. Right now the DEP of CT is putting regulations on Strippers that are basic guestimations of what would promote a healthy fishery and boy are things starting to turn into a mess. The stripper population is starting to make a serious come back in all our tidal rivers and as a result other fisheries are starting to be deplited.
The alwifes of our state are all but extinct due to wide use as a bait fish that went unregulated for too long and with strippers populations growing in these areas their almost all gone. The strippers are also believed to be eating other fresh water species such as white perch, the american eel and many of the predominant game species such as larger mouth bass. Can you believe that one of our nuceular power plants, as part of it's environmental contribution, is developing a lock system for the Housatonic river to keep them from being so severly depleted.
The point I'm making in all of this is the DEP in this state needs significant funding in order to observe and tabulate appropriate actions in this state to keep and maintain a healthy fishery. The stripers are great no complaints here but if the bait fish aren't around then how long will they stick around for. Hell, even seeing a school of bunker around here is becoming a fluke as opposed to the everyday occurance that I remember growing up. I think a saltwater license is the least that I can do on my part.
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