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Originally Posted by l.i.fish.in.vt
kenny,how many miles of bass were there off jersey this fall?,do you think it is the same mass of fish that were off chatham.i think if some people expierenced these massive schools of fish firsthand they might change the way they think.
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Massive isolated schools of fish and the experience of a select few are not an even remotely valid indicator of the health of a fish who's range is in excess of 1000 miles of shore and 100's of thousands of square miles of ocean.
I've said it before... didn't there used to be a time when the fish were everywhere? I think Mike P said it, "it's not how the fishing is in the middle of their range, it's the worsening of the fishing towards the outside of its range." A contraction of range points to a decrease in the stocks.
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