squeteague......

[jmac]

...nothing to do 400-800 lbs a tide at BI North Rip in late 70's, early 80's on jigs....or similar numbers at Pt Jude Light/Scarborough..jigs...late 70's.

At that time large numbers were caught by seiners in Peconic Bay....even though the commercial pressure on this fishery is minimal these days, the cycle has still not caught up. There were similar cyclic drops in the late 30's/early 40s and I believe in the late 19th century....as with most fish cycles, no real answers.....whats funny, is that there were a large amount of small (6 inch) squet everywhere in the upper Bay late 80's to mid 90's....haven't seen them since.....

Also, we would get them back in "old days" under the pogies...I'm sure Clammer and Trapper remember that.....

[Clammer]

Jmac ;;

Mu uncle would rell me storis about them when I was a kid ............ so it had to be 30/40,s .he had a flyrod / with a float .that they only used for squetaeague .. & all they did was fish grass shrimp /

In the seventies we started catching very small ones in Mt hope bay ...... I din,t even know what they were til we kept a couple & showed them around ..............that was beginning of the last cycle ......... we started to smoked them in E/G bay on yellow uppermans // as they got larger /the numbers got smaller ... we than would catch descent size commercial tubing /but they were a by-catch ;

they end came when they were being caught on pogies .
But there still must be a few around because B/M who is a shore fisherman in RISSA had the RISSA record a few yesra ago & I think it was the very next year he broke his own record. probably the largest from shore in RI .. I think its 16+ # ..

I few years ago I had a early summer where they were potting in my minnow traps .I guess that was going to be the start of the next local cycle / but the amount of bass, blues, fluke .add the seals & commarants . probably ended it befor e it really had a chance to get going ;;

never in my life I,ve I seen a fish si soft // if you caught in the morning / ya better have kept it on ice or in the water ......... even if you stacked them in a cooler & it was a long day .they were history ;;

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Clammer- in the year 2023 speaking about Striped Bass in the upper bay.....

Jmac ;;


they end came when they were being caught on pogies .
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