After the canal bite

[albythereforyou]

the social media super hero bull#^&#^&#^&#^& has to end.

enjoy the fun easy fishing for what it is, but the "my crew killed it" "my lures killed it" "I'm the best fisherman in the world" just makes people look like the morons they truly are. the amount of dead fish was sad, one day people will realize how much damage they are doing to the population. when the ditch is void of big fish next year, they will wonder why ?

I was lucky enough to share some shoreline sunday AM before the flea market with an older white haired local named Jimmy, said he has been fishing the ditch for 40 yrs. super nice guy, we had a blast fishing next to each other! Don't know if he posts on the internet, but I wanted to say thanks for chatting with me about the tides/ structure, etc, i learned more in the hr listening to him then i would have all year long.

[bassmaster]

Originally Posted by albythereforyou

the social media super hero bull#^&#^&#^&#^& has to end.

enjoy the fun easy fishing for what it is, but the "my crew killed it" "my lures killed it" "I'm the best fisherman in the world" just makes people look like the morons they truly are. the amount of dead fish was sad, one day people will realize how much damage they are doing to the population. when the ditch is void of big fish next year, they will wonder why ?

I was lucky enough to share some shoreline sunday AM before the flea market with an older white haired local named Jimmy, said he has been fishing the ditch for 40 yrs. super nice guy, we had a blast fishing next to each other! Don't know if he posts on the internet, but I wanted to say thanks for chatting with me about the tides/ structure, etc, i learned more in the hr listening to him then i would have all year long.

sounds like a good time but the real question is , how many switched to a green Jig

[shadow]

Originally Posted by albythereforyou

the social media super hero bull#^&#^&#^&#^& has to end.

enjoy the fun easy fishing for what it is, but the "my crew killed it" "my lures killed it" "I'm the best fisherman in the world" just makes people look like the morons they truly are. the amount of dead fish was sad, one day people will realize how much damage they are doing to the population. when the ditch is void of big fish next year, they will wonder why ?

I was lucky enough to share some shoreline sunday AM before the flea market with an older white haired local named Jimmy, said he has been fishing the ditch for 40 yrs. super nice guy, we had a blast fishing next to each other! Don't know if he posts on the internet, but I wanted to say thanks for chatting with me about the tides/ structure, etc, i learned more in the hr listening to him then i would have all year long.

Dave I hear you the internet and all the pro staffers and want to be prostaffers sending there pics to a rod company bc without their rod none of this would be possible.lol yea ok ...This helped fuel the mad rush Its sad guys rather take a 2 hr car ride to get a chance to catch a good fish easily instead of putting in long but enjoyable rewarding hrs learning their home waters where they could maybe consistently catch good fish year in and year out. Every time I looked at face book a certain rod company had a picture of some talented pro staffer (lol) with a decent fish,not even a fish that would get a second look by most . Its this type of practice that has the newer guys running after any info they hear of for a chance to selfie it up with a good fish and hashtag the crap out of their photos . We stayed local and experienced a damn strong bite.I watched a friend land a true trophy largest bass I've personally seen. That's also the other part of the problem you do have to put in an unreal amount of time to find good fish. I remember when any good spot held some bass but now a lot of spots that should have some life are void or damn close to it that unless you can fish a ton to find those small isolated schools of good fish you have to follow the main body of fish when they pop up in the canal ,block , lis, or nj. Guys in the past followed the fish to the back beaches and block island in the past for a paycheck now it's for 5min of internet fame maybe 15 min if you get pro staff. The only positive thing I can see in this current blitz and the new culture of surfcaster is that all these product whores want is a photo and then they release the fish hopefully they survive. rant over Jason
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[bobber]

Originally Posted by shadow

Dave I hear you the internet and all the pro staffers and want to be prostaffers sending there pics to a rod company bc without their rod none of this would be possible.lol yea ok ...This helped fuel the mad rush Its sad guys rather take a 2 hr car ride to get a chance to catch a good fish easily instead of putting in long but enjoyable rewarding hrs learning their home waters where they could maybe consistently catch good fish year in and year out. Every time I looked at face book a certain rod company had a picture of some talented pro staffer (lol) with a decent fish,not even a fish that would get a second look by most . Its this type of practice that has the newer guys running after any info they hear of for a chance to selfie it up with a good fish and hashtag the crap out of their photos . We stayed local and experienced a damn strong bite.I watched a friend land a true trophy largest bass I've personally seen. That's also the other part of the problem you do have to put in an unreal amount of time to find good fish. I remember when any good spot held some bass but now a lot of spots that should have some life are void or damn close to it that unless you can fish a ton to find those small isolated schools of good fish you have to follow the main body of fish when they pop up in the canal ,block , lis, or nj. Guys in the past followed the fish to the back beaches and block island in the past for a paycheck now it's for 5min of internet fame maybe 15 min if you get pro staff. The only positive thing I can see in this current blitz and the new culture of surfcaster is that all these product whores want is a photo and then they release the fish hopefully they survive. rant over Jason
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I sure hope you're right- the reported massacre was tough to take.... I feel sorry for the fish sometimes

[albythereforyou]

Originally Posted by bobber

I sure hope you're right- the reported massacre was tough to take.... I feel sorry for the fish sometimes

everyone has their arms up in the air about the last week in the canal, but in reality these fish are f@cuked every which way they turn.

yes probably hundreds of breeders were killed at the canal last week.

but what do you think happens ever year everywhere else?

at the housy all year? all winter? the hudson? the delaware and Chesapeake Bays...

what about the commercial quota?

what about "by catch"

just because you don't see it on Facebook, doesn't mean it isn't happening. this past winter/ spring some stainers emptied the housy of future breeders by the hundreds...

striped bass are #^&#^&#^&#^&ED because people are @ssholes, plain and simple