State of the Fishery 2016

[JLH]

Boat fishermen seem to be doing a number on the bas this spring fishing in the rivers around schools of adult bunker. Many are getting dozens of fish per trip mostly in the 20 pound class with some larger mixed ins. Fishing from shore has been really slow especially since the last moon. A few good sized fish but generally only getting one fish (or hit) every 3-4 trips. I actually haven't landed a fish in about two weeks but I haven't been able to get out a whole lot in that time.
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[bobber]

I think the fishing is "okay"

there are groups of fish here and there- with plenty of good-sized fish in those groups. they respond to bait- and thankfully theres plenty of menhaden around to keep them fed
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one could deduce that the restrictive measure put on the bunker boats in NJ and LIS (and the like) have proven to be very beneficial to the striper fishery (which is at a lowpoint now) and perhaps we could further deduce that restrictive measures will seemingly benefit the bass fishery (IF MANAGERS DON'T GET GREEDY AND PULL THE REGS BACK TOO QUICKLY)