A Damn Shame - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

pete santini · 10-24-2005, 07:03 AM

I was out fishing for giants at the bb bouy with on the hook Dave Sloan, Larry Russo' capt Chuck Destefano and Sparky last Friday. We got there and the pair trawlers were scooping up herring from 300 feet down. What we witnessed was sickening hundreds and I mean hundreds of bass "not one under 25lbs some close to 50" just floating on top of the water upside down their bellies blown up like helium baloons. I asked chuck about this and he said he'd seen it much worse than that and it's been going on for a while.So much for conservation and bag limits on bass. It really is a damn shame so many bass wasted and left to have their eyes picked out by seagulls . pete

JoeP · 10-24-2005, 07:23 AM

I bet problems & situations like this occur way more often than we really know about. Sickening. Alot of scumbags around and not enough officials to monitor & stop it.

ProfessorM · 10-24-2005, 11:17 AM

That is terrible. Is it against the law? Who would you report that to and would they do anything? Bycatch is a terrible thing.

zacs · 10-24-2005, 11:20 AM

[i thought i posted this earlier, guess not, maybe it ended up somewhere else]

Did you guys get it on film? That would make a great episode of "on the hook!!!"

vineyardblues · 10-24-2005, 11:27 AM

FILM baby ...
big time film it and send it off

Raider Ronnie · 10-24-2005, 06:05 PM

Pete,
I know you guys were filming for an episode of On The Water,
You should have turned the cameras to that for an episode !!!