Striped Bass Management

[redlite]

I have never commentented on this topic before cause I have killed my fair share of fish even tho I don't eat fish but Even I stopped selling fish and I used to say I never found a fish I wasn't willing to sell. The older I have gotten, the less competitive I have become with fishing, esp since this past year my 10 yr old got hooked. I have grown an appreciation for the future rather than just gettin my share of it. It's not about me anymore.
I have been at this too hard and sacrificed too many times with friends and family chasing a pea brained fish with blinders on over the past 30 yrs
My son has asked so many times after seeing all the pics of me with big fish why I don't catch so many big fish anymore around Westport and think the attitude my old fishin partner and I used to have of "they just don't live here anymore" is not valid. Wether it be due to environmental changes in the spawning areas, locally, or globally. It is not good. The shameful part of this is that the only 1 contributing factor that we as humans can control is killing them.
Yet it just seems to be status quo
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[fishbones]

Originally Posted by redlite

I have never commentented on this topic before cause I have killed my fair share of fish even tho I don't eat fish but Even I stopped selling fish and I used to say I never found a fish I wasn't willing to sell. The older I have gotten, the less competitive I have become with fishing, esp since this past year my 10 yr old got hooked. I have grown an appreciation for the future rather than just gettin my share of it. It's not about me anymore.
I have been at this too hard and sacrificed too many times with friends and family chasing a pea brained fish with blinders on over the past 30 yrs
My son has asked so many times after seeing all the pics of me with big fish why I don't catch so many big fish anymore around Westport and think the attitude my old fishin partner and I used to have of "they just don't live here anymore" is not valid. Wether it be due to environmental changes in the spawning areas, locally, or globally. It is not good. The shameful part of this is that the only 1 contributing factor that we as humans can control is killing them.
Yet it just seems to be status quo
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We’ll put, Mike. I feel like I lost my drive a lot over the last couple years. I don’t lose too much sleep or risk my safety to chase big fish anymore. I can’t remember the last time I killed a fish. I still fish quite a bit but mostly because I like being out in the water at night and I also have a great time with the guys I fish with. Every year I get closer to buying a boat and fishing for things other than bass. Just need to convince the wife 😂.
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[Got Stripers]

Caught one bass all last year, striped kind that is, I did more largemouth fishing than salt variety. After the spring sea bass season thinned out, I just fished a handful of times, just lost the drive to get up early for a couple shots at a good fish. Rather be playing golf or carving something.

[redlite]

Originally Posted by fishbones

We’ll put, Mike. I feel like I lost my drive a lot over the last couple years. I don’t lose too much sleep or risk my safety to chase big fish anymore. I can’t remember the last time I killed a fish. I still fish quite a bit but mostly because I like being out in the water at night and I also have a great time with the guys I fish with. Every year I get closer to buying a boat and fishing for things other than bass. Just need to convince the wife 😂.
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My son and I did that this past summer quite a bit on one of our long time generous customer's boat. I targeted other fish with Westportmafia quite a bit too. As u know he has rarely targeted stripers much the past few years and I could never understood how he could find it fun until now. I got my first weak fish and albies and lots of big sea bass and taoug, but I gotta tell ya even then my mind was on big bass.
However I still never desire to own my own boat. My soul is always in the surf
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[DZ]

Originally Posted by redlite

My soul is always in the surf
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Amen