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Originally Posted by Clammer
Sorry I opened a debate .
I,ve been there /done that &
I could argue to the end of time / but everyone is entitled to their opinion /& with that they justify their reasoning .I could do the same & go on & on .
But until you witnessed it / to most it sounds like crying wolf .
For everyones pleasures & enjoyments , income & whatever . I h0pe Im wrong /, Im getting real tired fishing nites in the winter ,because its better that nites in the season >>>>> don,t jump on it .... that is better for me .  |
Mike, you are entitled to your opinion. You know I lived thru the moritorium with you. You know when I was in the surf with Bryan and before I fish 100 night a year all in the surf. Cape, Narr, Napatree and everything in between.
Bass Dawg you are also entitled to your opinion and so is Mike and myself. I believe you are wrong. The fact of the matter is the stocks are down for whatever reason. The assigning of blame does nothing to solve the problem. Oregon Inlet in the Winter. Comms in Virginia all year. Comms in MD, RI, MA during the commercial season. Recs all the time. 2, 28" (which is absurd to begin with). They are all contributing factors to the demise of the Striper. Until the beauracrats smarten up and declare the species a game fish and restrict the take to either a slot or 1, 36" we will see the further destruction of the Stripers.
You guys can believe anything you want but the facts are there in plain view. The species is again in trouble. Who caused this re-occurance doesn't matter. Someone has to fix this quickly or we will all be pissing in the wind trying to catch bass.
You young guys don't remember this but in 87 or 88, if we caught a couple of schoolies, Tom Mead in the ProJo would write a whole article. I remember catching 6 schoolies, (and I'm talking 16") at Deep Hole one morning. There use to be a bait shop in Narragansett at Monahans called Top of the Dock. I went in and told Joe about the fish and he called me a bold face lier and told me to get the *^&@* out of his shop because I was spreading BS.
You guys don't believe this but Mike and I and guys like Slip and AH and Makai will remember the total despair of fishing for DAYS & DAYS with out a bass.
Personally, I am in the OTW Cup and will participate. I killed 2 fish for the table last year. This year I will fish for the Catch and Relaese trophy and will not kill Stripers.