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SAUERKRAUT · 08-24-2010, 09:38 PM

Storm or no, I just had to get on a beach: I picked Wood End--150 miles round trip. Wind at my back. Everything south of that obviously blown out avalanche conditions. Great fun and solitude, but not a single rat blue or short bass for the effort.

Spent some discretionary income on gas, dinner on the way back, and more unnecessary tackle at Blackbeards in Eastham. Makes me remember the dozens of long distance fisherman I meet yearly around the Canal who two or three team it and drive five hours one way from even as far away as NJ to fish a tide and contribute $$$ substantially to the local economy and U.S. GNP in general...or the flyfisherman who consistently would drive 2.5 hrs. one way from Spfld. to fish a favorable night tide at Scorton's.

THIS is the real economic value of this accessible to ALL the public, public resource striped bass fishery. Make striped bass a gamefish.

08-24-2010, 09:38 PM	#16
SAUERKRAUT surfwalker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 388	Storm or no, I just had to get on a beach: I picked Wood End--150 miles round trip. Wind at my back. Everything south of that obviously blown out avalanche conditions. Great fun and solitude, but not a single rat blue or short bass for the effort. Spent some discretionary income on gas, dinner on the way back, and more unnecessary tackle at Blackbeards in Eastham. Makes me remember the dozens of long distance fisherman I meet yearly around the Canal who two or three team it and drive five hours one way from even as far away as NJ to fish a tide and contribute $$$ substantially to the local economy and U.S. GNP in general...or the flyfisherman who consistently would drive 2.5 hrs. one way from Spfld. to fish a favorable night tide at Scorton's. THIS is the real economic value of this accessible to ALL the public, public resource striped bass fishery. Make striped bass a gamefish.