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Originally Posted by stripermaineiac
Well I'm still tryin to get Monday off to make it down to the meeting. sometimes I think schedule the meetings so working people can't get to them like they do up here.
Cow hunter you make me chuckle. I heard it yrs ago. We have no resident fish then the next sentance you can catch them everywhere all season long all day long in your back yard. LOL Funny.I've chased the Striped Bass scince back in the 60's. The only other time we had it this bad up here was late 70's early 80's.The outer Cape guys were hammering the fish. Trust me I went down an got a few myself.But up here there were very few fish. The boats did ok but from shore forget it.The same signs are here now. This time the fish are off Jearsy an the EEZ fish which were there back then too just most didn't know it so they weren't fished for. They were found a few yrs back during the winter Tuna bight on their wintering grounds.The internet an charter advertisements let the cat out of the bag.People still keep taking moments out of history an saying thats how it was or is everywhere.Well I still fish all the old places an see fewer an fewer fish all around an hear the same as the early 80's from a small handfull.
We're not saying shut it all down but it does need to be slowed down a load.1fish 36 in ok . Comm cut back 25%30%50% whatever it takes. Slot limits really don't do much more than put fish in the hands of the beginners an keep more people fishing as beginners seldom catch large fish.20 to 26 in 20 to 28 in ok. but to just moan n groan so nothing is done is sad. You don't like the ideas come up with some better ones. but just to say nothing is wrong is stupid an rediculous.there is a problem so lets see who can show up on Monday. I live in Maine an I'm gonna try my best to get off from work.It's important to do something.
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You can Chuckle all u want. I never complain about the lack of fish, not a problem. I can understand the confusion but its rather simple. The resident fish that were are no more once the slot limits came in effect. Bay Run was different than the ocean run, different fish. The ocean run in the spring and fall has been phenominal in my homewaters the last few years. We are in the middle of the migratory zone and have plenty of bait. My case and point try and convince ANYBODY in my state that the stripers are on the brink of collapse and they will look at you cross eyed, to go out there and catch 20,30,40, 60, 100 plus fish depending on the run?? The bottom fish guys hate the bass cause they eat all the bottom fish. Coming from Maine you have no idea how stupid it is here. Manage Your Bait first. You gotta deal with the 1000's of lobster pots that riddle the shoreline also. By the way my wife got her first bass mouth of saco and dozens more...Im all for conservation, I do charity for it and lay out money. BUT the mass com season closed in record short season? Convince those guys the bass are all dead? Convince the guys in VA, Maryland, MD, DE, and NY. THe ri boat guys? Its a different time, to catch thousands of bass a season I dont see an imenent collapse, I see things wrong, different factors, but to catch bass on ANY given day? Some people just have to learn to adapt to the situation. Or wait perched on a rock until the fish show one year. I move my boat in to 3 different slips in spring alone to stay cose to (A) Bait, (B) Fish... The catching is easy, Bait is usually the struggle.... I would be more than Happy to educate some of the StripersForever guys and even steer them the right path for a mutually better cause. I dont hide who I am...