Moratorium Blast from the past

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by JohnR

The more things change the more they stay the same.

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[Justfishin']

The first 4 Striped Bass & Bluefish Derby's I fished, no striper category, and we weren't seeing any caught. Bluefish were winning the boats.

You couldn't keep any size bass; the charters and headboats fished blues, tog, scup, flounder and they seemed to hold steady.
I fished mostly the CT shore line and all anyone was catching was blues.

I worry this may be it; I don't see the forage base I used to.

[Surf Caster]

Originally Posted by Justfishin'

The first 4 Striped Bass & Bluefish Derby's I fished, no striper category, and we weren't seeing any caught. Bluefish were winning the boats.

You couldn't keep any size bass; the charters and headboats fished blues, tog, scup, flounder and they seemed to hold steady.
I fished mostly the CT shore line and all anyone was catching was blues.

I worry this may be it; I don't see the forage base I used to.

And when I do find bunker - there is no bass on 'em.... sad.

[afterhours]

history may very well repeat itself... we as a whole are such effin' idiots.

[ronfish]

Originally Posted by afterhours

history may very well repeat itself... we as a whole are such effin' idiots.

You are right- man tends not to learn from history so he keeps making the same mistakes and wonders why he gets the same results. Ron

[hq2]

Oh, I remember it so well.
You young guys have no idea. You could fish for 3 weeks every night and never touch a striper. Bluefish were all you caught.

Yup. That's what it was like in '90; never even bothered to try fishing for stripers then; only caught 'em as a by catch. Sure used to catch plenty of blues back then. Wouldn't mind picking up a few more now, actually; they've been down the last few years too.

[buckman]

Originally Posted by afterhours

history may very well repeat itself... we as a whole are such effin' idiots.

Don't be so hard on yourself.
There are a lot of other factors to take into account such as seals ,water conditions, migration changes and disease.
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[thefishingfreak]

Originally Posted by buckman

Don't be so hard on yourself.
There are a lot of other factors to take into account such as seals ,water conditions, migration changes and disease.
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You forgot CHARTER BOATS

[zimmy]

Originally Posted by buckman

Don't be so hard on yourself.
There are a lot of other factors to take into account such as seals ,water conditions, migration changes and disease.
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Very good That is why the vast majority here think 1@28 is such a fairly pathetic step. 1@28 for some and a bs amalgam of 2 fish for the pro boats is contemptible. You, et al., keep beating the horse about guys here only caring about the charter boats. That is a red herring. The whole management effort is fatally flawed and the special intere$t exemption is a kick in the junk.