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Originally Posted by Sashamy
WOW! Ypu guys have no idea what you are reading! That is sure true in this case...I hope you all quit fishing because then I will have alot more spots to myself...page 4 and 5 says nothing of a stock collapse, it merely discusses the effect that said Myco might have on the fish and if you look its all the same all the way back to 99...meaning it reall hasn't effected anything because we had an explosion of 2001 2002 yoy creating a huge 8 year old year class that is dying soon of old age...the affected fish have always been effected...secondly I love the anti commercial sentiment again...if you read the numbers of fish caught recreationally it is actually up! So where is this 1/3 of what the catch was? and the commercial fishery is the same! LOL wow funny how some of you can actually read something that is not even there!
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8 year old fish dying of old age? Do you have any data that supports that? And I was always told that 8 year old bass are basically teenagers.
From the NOAA website:
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# Growth rate: Growth rates are variable, depending on a combination of season, location, age, sex, and competition. Growth is more rapid during the second and third years of life, before striped bass reach sexual maturity, than during later years. After age 4, growth may be 2.5 to 3 inches a year until age 8. Starting at age 4, females grow faster than males. Growth occurs between April and October.
# Maximum size: Striped bass generally grow to lengths of up to 59 inches and weights of 55 to 77 pounds. The largest striped bass on record is a 125-pound female caught off North Carolina in 1891.
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By your "facts", stripers should only get to a maximum size of about 24".
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