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Originally Posted by MakoMike
FWIW, the guys on the south shore of Long Island are asking "what's the problem here, we had the best season we ever had last year." Guys fishing Stellwagon can't get away from the stripers. There were plenty of fish last year off the south side of Block Island. Maybe its a local problem?
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From north side of the cape to Maine?... not likely... lots of large not enough small....the probelm becomes more eveident the farther north you go...the less fish in the biomass, the less you have to migrate...
I agree with Mike P's take.. .. pointing fingers is no way to go about management... those of us that have been around the block a few times have seen this all before.. including the playing of the blame game...the problem lies in management... I also believe in fixing the bait problem... we havent had a school of pogies (other than for a single tide) in the Merrimack in almost two decades.. .. and in the mid 80's there were so many of them, you could snag enough for a mornings fishing in a half an hour...EVERY morning..