Personally I had a bettert year than the last two but a far cry from 8-9 seasons ago. We can definitely argue about what's to blame (seals, commercial fishery, bait, weather, regulations, fishermen taking steroids (If I don't the next guy will!)) but I really see very little reason not to do something. Why not go to 1 @ 36"? Worst case scenario we improve a healthy fishery, what a bummer that would be! I don't know what constitutes a healthy or ideal fishery but I do know that a lot of experienced anglers share my feeling that the striper fishery is not what it was a few years ago.
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