‘Scary’ Decline In Striper Stocks

[Ed B]

Originally Posted by Bronx68

With declines like this why is CT giving out vouchers to take small stripers on the CT River?

There doing that to help restore river herring. Too many stripers in CT!

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Bronx68

With declines like this why is CT giving out vouchers to take small stripers on the CT River?

Many people believe that the CT River has its own spawning population. The vouchers cover something like 4000 fish in the size slot.

[jimmy z]

Originally Posted by piemma

Interesting that some of us have been saying this was happening for 5 or 6 years. No one listened.

Let's close the barn door now that the horse is stolen.

Yes. If anyone who does this thing we do, regularly, than one would notice a huge decline.