Striped Bass "The National Fish" - bill introduced today!

[zimmy]

Originally Posted by l.i.fish.in.vt

it has only been in the last 15 to 20 years that SB has become a popular fish to target for the masses.

Twenty years puts it at 1995. Maybe last 50 years.

[Fish_Eye]

Striped bass fishing was very popular in 1860 at the West Island Club, but that only included the tycoons of the day.

There is a picture in the Cuttyhunk Fishing Club showing President Roosevelt and Taft together in 1908. Also in the picture was the president of Standard Oil and other movers and shakers of the day. A few months later Roosevelt suggested that Taft should be his successor and he was nominated. Those titans of industry and politics went to Cutty to fish for bass where they probably decided who should be the next president...over a glass of Hennessy...and a plate of striped bass. Yes, striped bass do indeed have a history in the development of this country.