Dismal MS surf club tournament results

[piemma]

Originally Posted by Duke41

Have not kept a striper since 2006 I am proud to say. Treat them like the valuable gamefish they are. Fishing was not that great in Newport for me. Fished Mackerel and the reef. Have not seen a acres large bluefish blitz since the early 2000's. Last fall on a certain day I encountered schoolie blitz's all the way from Newport Harbor to the Navy Pier off of Prudence. Gave me hope for the future. Hopefully a couple made it back for this year.

Don't know why the stocks are crashing could be a many things commercial, recreational, lack of bait, ocean warming, seals, not real sure, but I think we can all agree unless we take action our grandkids will be fishing for seabass or worse.

Duke, it's actually not that complicated. There are too many fishermen killing too many large fish. Anything over 28" is killed by the current group of newbies so the bio-mass doesn't have a chance to breed for the most part.
That coupled with the wholesale slaughter that has taken place in the Canal, the SW Ledge off the Block, Maryland, VA, and NC in the winter and you can see why the stocks are dwindling quickly. Our grandkids will have nothing to fish for with stripes.

[t.orlando]

[QUOTE=piemma;1178038
That coupled with the wholesale slaughter that has taken place in the Canal, the SW Ledge off the Block, Maryland, VA, and NC in the winter and you can see why the stocks are dwindling quickly. Our grandkids will have nothing to fish for with stripes.[/QUOTE]

Paul, you left out NY and NJ...lol.Check out the regional reports of OTW online. Party boats with 80 people doing multiple trips per day. Plus most are fishing over the line. And, NJ can still keep 2...3 with a bonus tag...20-50#ers.

[piemma]

Originally Posted by t.orlando

Paul, you left out NY and NJ...lol.Check out the regional reports of OTW online. Party boats with 80 people doing multiple trips per day. Plus most are fishing over the line. And, NJ can still keep 2...3 with a bonus tag...20-50#ers.

You are so right Tony. We will never see what we had years ago. It will not come back, in my opinion. Just too much pressure everywhere, social media, cell phones, internet. Just too many obstacles for the striped ones to survive.
I hope and pray I'm wrong but unless there are drastic measures taken, they are doomed.