striped bass forever, again

[spence]

I think SF has a noble cause...but as JohnR sez...the solution isn't one dimensional.

I've also seen SF push propaganda that's blantly spun...I don't agree with their methods.

-spence

[inTHERAPY]

I'm not kidding about undersize fish! I am not saying there aren't any schoolies. I fish from Little Compton west to Block, in a boat, using eels and scup. From the 3rd week in May last year near warrens point to the first snow in newport, literally hundreds if fish between 24-32 pounds, not a single small fish.

Hey mako, what the he== is a naked fish grab?

[Squibby17]

I think if you use small scup and eels your not going to catch small fish. I caught tons and tons of schoolies last year.

We fished in west dennis in june and measured are catches by the dozen. Granted these fish were all 22 inches or smaller.

[Finaddict]

I am on board with John R, he seems to be on target. There are fewer and fewer forage fish for stripers to eat these days, whether it is eels, herring, pogies, or the myriads of spearing, sand eels and everything else that we have taken for granted all these years.

The bait stocks are down, bring them back and we will see stripers come back stronger than ever. There really is not an easy solution to this problem ... maybe except to use more wood, rubber and tin?

[zacs]

Originally Posted by inTHERAPY

I'm not kidding about undersize fish! I am not saying there aren't any schoolies. I fish from Little Compton west to Block, in a boat, using eels and scup. From the 3rd week in May last year near warrens point to the first snow in newport, literally hundreds if fish between 24-32 pounds, not a single small fish.

Hey mako, what the he== is a naked fish grab?

I think that the small fish hang out more "inshore" in order to avoid some of the predators that hang out in the deeper water you mentioned. Also, your choice of bait affects it as well. Throw a fly in the bay any time may 1 - june 30th and you can catch as many schoolies as you want tight to any structure you can find from the head of the bay to beavertail.

I am also curious as to what a naked fish grab is. sounds kinky.

_Z_

[Diggin Jiggin]

Originally Posted by inTHERAPY

I'm not kidding about undersize fish! I am not saying there aren't any schoolies. I fish from Little Compton west to Block, in a boat, using eels and scup. From the 3rd week in May last year near warrens point to the first snow in newport, literally hundreds if fish between 24-32 pounds, not a single small fish.

Hey mako, what the he== is a naked fish grab?

Um, whats the scup limit, 10.5 or 11"?? Not too many small fish are going to take a 10+" scup. They are all legal aren't they ??