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Whether the situation is exaggerated by the presence of pogies or not.
I look at charts like these as scary.

1fish
36"

Couple that with certain recent year classes hit hard with Mycobacteriosis, and I am worried... FWIW, the 1996 year class would be ~38-39" now, and the 2001 year class is ~28-30"...

1fish
36"

There was no rec data available from before 1982; I dont think it is nearly as high as today....

1fish
36"

I didn't live through the before years, but I remember the mid-late 80's as a kid well. Bluefish were the main game in town....

1fish
36"

I can live with a few slow seasons in local surf due to a shift in bait patterns. I am worried about 5 years from now....

1fish
36"

Dont forget to add the ~8% release mortality to the the landings.....