Where are the little bass?

[piemma]

Originally Posted by JoeBass

Fished southern Maine for 2 weeks. Got back last weekend. Caught over 35 Stripers with my son. Now we don't normally get big ones like a lot of the ones on this board, we ALWAYS catch plenty of 15-24 inch fish on our fly rods and plugs in the estuaries , in the ocean, in the tidal rivers. This year every single fish was between 24 and 30 inches. (I know, small by many standards) But for the first time in 20 years, not one really small fish. We uasually get lots. Anybody else see this? Anyone know if this just happens sometimes?

Doesn't happen sometimes. It happens when the YOY index sucks. Like it has for the past couple of years. We are depleating a finite resource. Soon it will be a moratorium fishery with no keeping and all catch and release.
You guys laugh at us that have been saying this for the last few years. You kill all the Big Girls and pretty soon there are no dinks because there are no eggs getting laid.

RISAA has a poll going right now to see what the majority wants. I am a 1 fish 36" like we had coming out of the 80s. It brought the stocks back. From what I am seeing there are a lot of guys agreeing with me.