Moratorium Blast from the past

[JohnR]

The more things change the more they stay the same.

[piemma]

Oh, I remember it so well.
You young guys have no idea. You could fish for 3 weeks every night and never touch a striper. Bluefish were all you caught.

[Rockfish9]

Originally Posted by piemma

Oh, I remember it so well.
You young guys have no idea. You could fish for 3 weeks every night and never touch a striper. Bluefish were all you caught.

spoiled..aint we... I do remember... we were lucky on PI... we had a lot of fish ... I remember thinking that everyone was crazy with all this talk about a decline.. we were bailing big numbers of big fish every night.. and not just me.. everyone fishing the area.. I've still got the articles from the Boston globe and herald with the news of the outstanding fishing in the area in the weekly reports..in '86 ..I had 3 fish over 50..including a 61... .... then almost overnight it all 'went a stinker"... then I was too young to realize I had witnessed what could have been the last buffalo hunt... I didn't realize there were not enough small fish to replace the big ones. And not enough big ones to make little ones.... in '88 I went 21 straight nights( yes I fished EVERY night) with out a big fish...it took time to sink in... I'm hoping not to see a repeat..

[Sgt Striper]

Originally Posted by piemma

Oh, I remember it so well.
You young guys have no idea. You could fish for 3 weeks every night and never touch a striper. Bluefish were all you caught.

And "If" you caught a bass it was 18-20".

Paul, unfortunately the kids will get to see it soon!

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by JohnR

The more things change the more they stay the same.

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[Justfishin']

The first 4 Striped Bass & Bluefish Derby's I fished, no striper category, and we weren't seeing any caught. Bluefish were winning the boats.

You couldn't keep any size bass; the charters and headboats fished blues, tog, scup, flounder and they seemed to hold steady.
I fished mostly the CT shore line and all anyone was catching was blues.

I worry this may be it; I don't see the forage base I used to.

[Surf Caster]

Originally Posted by Justfishin'

The first 4 Striped Bass & Bluefish Derby's I fished, no striper category, and we weren't seeing any caught. Bluefish were winning the boats.

You couldn't keep any size bass; the charters and headboats fished blues, tog, scup, flounder and they seemed to hold steady.
I fished mostly the CT shore line and all anyone was catching was blues.

I worry this may be it; I don't see the forage base I used to.

And when I do find bunker - there is no bass on 'em.... sad.

[afterhours]

history may very well repeat itself... we as a whole are such effin' idiots.

[ronfish]

Originally Posted by afterhours

history may very well repeat itself... we as a whole are such effin' idiots.

You are right- man tends not to learn from history so he keeps making the same mistakes and wonders why he gets the same results. Ron

[hq2]

Oh, I remember it so well.
You young guys have no idea. You could fish for 3 weeks every night and never touch a striper. Bluefish were all you caught.

Yup. That's what it was like in '90; never even bothered to try fishing for stripers then; only caught 'em as a by catch. Sure used to catch plenty of blues back then. Wouldn't mind picking up a few more now, actually; they've been down the last few years too.

[buckman]

Originally Posted by afterhours

history may very well repeat itself... we as a whole are such effin' idiots.

Don't be so hard on yourself.
There are a lot of other factors to take into account such as seals ,water conditions, migration changes and disease.
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[thefishingfreak]

Originally Posted by buckman

Don't be so hard on yourself.
There are a lot of other factors to take into account such as seals ,water conditions, migration changes and disease.
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You forgot CHARTER BOATS

[zimmy]

Originally Posted by buckman

Don't be so hard on yourself.
There are a lot of other factors to take into account such as seals ,water conditions, migration changes and disease.
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Very good That is why the vast majority here think 1@28 is such a fairly pathetic step. 1@28 for some and a bs amalgam of 2 fish for the pro boats is contemptible. You, et al., keep beating the horse about guys here only caring about the charter boats. That is a red herring. The whole management effort is fatally flawed and the special intere$t exemption is a kick in the junk.