smart ass taking a few lines out of contexts....haha.........
A day of trolling or light line so called catch and release kills many more fish than any other striper fishing method in current use......the handful of fish found with gear injested is nothing compared to the numerous dead stripers observed with ripped open mouths -some with treble hooked plugs jamed in their dead or maws--results of light line breakage....."oh look at that fish swim away---yea to become crab food......again, to operate-to develope regulations- on so called common sense---is a tool being used by the recs(the real ones destroying the striped bass fishery by the massive numbers of them pounding the bass to death)....is foolish--to take the heat , focus off the rec group that is killing and maiming the vast majority of striped bass
One needs a dedicated study before changes be made....when emotion charged & legislators take up the task of fish/wildlife management --the ones that utilize the fishery will suffer in the end..
Regulations Guised as a deception to get the heat off the Rec/charter commercials......."Oh we are the good guys"
Oh yea, who put the Division up to exploring said proposed regulations...none other than members of various rec groups willing to go to any method to covet/steal all the fish for their own pleasure
A dangerous precedent is being marketed here......
I'm FOR ALL REGULATIONS BE BASED ON SOUND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES OF MERIT WHICH ARE POSSIBLE...NOT FOR REGULATIONS BASED ON A SELECT GROUPS DESIRING CONTROL OF A FISHERIES RESOURCE............THESE TAKE TIME AND PROCEEDURE.....show me the conphrehensive data.............not a handful of incidents.....
Banning Catch & Release with light tackle---or fished dragged on heavy trolling tackle behind Charters Boats KILL many many more striped bass.........than a couple of sinkers or J hooks........
