First keeper

[hq2]

Well, it tells you something about how the fishing is going these days when somebody actually makes a special post about getting a keeper. I mean, 10 or so years ago, no one would even bother to make any statement about it. I personally haven't caught one in years; just a number of 24 and 25 inch tease fish, and plenty of dink schoolies. Who knows, maybe I'll get lucky this weekend when I make my ONLY trip of the year specifically for stripers at the ONLY place left where I can catch them reliably. (I mean my 'yak buddy caught a nice keeper there last year, so maybe it's my turn to be lucky this year). You never know.

[piemma]

Originally Posted by hq2

Well, it tells you something about how the fishing is going these days when somebody actually makes a special post about getting a keeper. I mean, 10 or so years ago, no one would even bother to make any statement about it. I personally haven't caught one in years; just a number of 24 and 25 inch tease fish, and plenty of dink schoolies. Who knows, maybe I'll get lucky this weekend when I make my ONLY trip of the year specifically for stripers at the ONLY place left where I can catch them reliably. (I mean my 'yak buddy caught a nice keeper there last year, so maybe it's my turn to be lucky this year). You never know.

You are right. 10 years ago we wouldn't keep anything under 36". Now all I see and hear about is 30" fish. hell, back in the day those were schoolies.

[Got Stripers]

I’m no barometer for the health of the striper stocks, because I stopped targeting them on purpose years back. It’s been finding good eaters to vacuum seal for winter dinners and this time of year I would typically be hitting gooseberry or Saconet points for sea bass, fluke and tog. Over three hours round trip of driving and the cost of that gas to fill up the truck has put that effort on hold.