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SAUERKRAUT · 10-25-2009, 09:57 PM

[QUOTE=Slingah;719450]I did not fish enough to form a negative opinion. I did not work hard enough to be let down.

Well, I did fish hard enough (and I still am) to form a negative opinion of the striper year, 2009. And I did fish hard enough to be let down by the fishery which I believe is over harvested and ever more stressed.

Also Bluefish: I do not target them, but I do not believe I caught more than a dozen the entire season.

Brother Don on the New Jersey shore tells me the Spring run down there was quite awful compared to years before. I wouldn't hold my breath about the on site experience he will report after his month of November passes.

10-25-2009, 09:57 PM	#6
SAUERKRAUT surfwalker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 388	This Year was Worse [QUOTE=Slingah;719450]I did not fish enough to form a negative opinion. I did not work hard enough to be let down. Well, I did fish hard enough (and I still am) to form a negative opinion of the striper year, 2009. And I did fish hard enough to be let down by the fishery which I believe is over harvested and ever more stressed. Also Bluefish: I do not target them, but I do not believe I caught more than a dozen the entire season. Brother Don on the New Jersey shore tells me the Spring run down there was quite awful compared to years before. I wouldn't hold my breath about the on site experience he will report after his month of November passes.