After the canal bite

[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