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LOL So I'll ask the question again. What are WE GONNA DO ABOUT IT?I've just about gotten to zero as far as fish I keep.We up here in Maine set a very high bench mark in the 60's. Gamefish an no spear fishing for striped bass. No in shore netting and stripers aren't allowed as bycatch.Yet our fishing has been trashed time n again with the destructive practices south of us.we can't go much farther up here but the ball is in your court.I can preach,moan n groan all i want but I can't do much more.Same with most fishermen up here as our catch numbers are just plain pittiful. I fish as hard if not harder than most on this site.I've gotten so good with releasing stripers that I've had 25+lb fish follow me in the shallows for a half hr after releasing them like a damn puppy dog.Yet so many of the hard cores that i associate with still do what I did in the 80's.We need to stop or loose it. those that think it's still roses have a very rude awakening.As long as there's a bounty-food or money- on stripers we have a moritorium sooner than later.Sad part is that many of our friends that make plugs or own takle shops will be out of business next time around due to OUR collective ignorance.Like I said i still caught stripers all through the decline in the 70's an 80's. i'm a pretty good striper fisherman. I just learned to put them back an when things slowed I about stopped keeping any.A load of us did.
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