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07-20-2008, 10:13 AM
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Geezer Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2001
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Hey, DZ
Now will you admit that there might be some truth in Bassdozer's Ghost School theory?
I can already hear the harumphing...
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"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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07-20-2008, 11:09 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: South Shore MA
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ok I will bite, what is russ's ghost school theory?
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07-20-2008, 12:08 PM
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Geezer Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2001
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"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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07-20-2008, 04:04 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
Posts: 13,425
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They are big, fast-swimming and streamlined. In fact, the snouts and heads on the truly big members of this family get super, super pointy and they always reminded me of mean-looking alligators in that respect. No doubt, this head shape can be an advantage for swimming long distances more easily.
54" long
36" girth
I don't think any difference is going to make a striper a pelagic species
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07-20-2008, 07:17 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
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"Most people believe there is a separate Hudson stock, separate Delaware and Chesapeake stock...and a few say there's an old stock of fish that still persist in rivers of the southern Carolinas, wrapping round to Florida's Gulf Coast"
Ya think Russ?Just a few say that?The Saluda,Congaree and Roanoke rivers to name the three biggest producing stripers.And until Santee/Cooper lakes region was impounded the Santee River probably produced the most spawning bass of all.
"However, the larger the fish get, the less able they are to withstand freezing or harshly cold winter water in these "local" freshet".
Tell that to the huge spawning population in several Nova Scotia rivers.
Last edited by basswipe; 07-20-2008 at 07:23 PM..
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07-21-2008, 05:13 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
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My hypothesis:
The recent spate of super large fish is the last remnants of the 1982 year class of fish. For those of you who don't know, 1982 was an unusually large year class of fish given the state of striped bass at the time. Since 1982 there have been numerous year classes of fish much bigger than the 1982 class. This class of fish was preserved partially by the 36" size limit at the time in order to produce breeder sized fish in good quantities and supposedly save the species. The jumbo fish (50-70#) being taken right now are likely 25+ year old fish. The spike in these super size fish is most likely just a reflection of what was born 25 years ago.
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At the end of your line
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