striped bass forever, again

[inTHERAPY]

Thanks for all your thoughts and I've made up my mind. Firstly, Mr. Sandman what's up with "support a rec guy with a $60 permit to take 30 or 40 fish a day... and sell them for "gas money". Who's asking to be supported? I am simply asking abut SBF. If times were so tough that I needed gas money, I'ld sell the twin engine gas sucker and downsize. I have absolutely no qualms selling 5 fish on Sundays. I do it because I can. Secondly, I could care less about catching schoolies. I know there are tons of small fish. I fish where I do and how I do because I do not want to catch smaller fish. My comment about the lack of smaller bass was to repeat what the gentleman at the SBF booth had used as rationalle to justify game fish status. Thirdly, to answer your question Diggin "Um, whats the scup limit, 10.5 or 11"?? Not too many small fish are going to take a 10+" scup. They are all legal aren't they ??" Thanks for making me aware that the RI scup limit is 10 1/2". I wouldn't want to break the law with the 9" scup from MA on my $30.00 scup permit "that I use for gas money." And your right, small fish don't eat jumbo scup, or legal fluke, or legal seabass, ( dare I even mention tautog ), but big bass do! Lastly, I will be sending my $ to Stripers Forever. Maybe all those Stripers Forever members on this board can meet at Foxboro banquet for a few whiskeys.

[NIB]

Originally Posted by jkswimmer

POGIES FOREVER!!

U would probably have a better chance of seeing a striped bass as a game fish than a moratorium on bunker netting.Omega has power in all the right places.an way more money than u can imagine to grease the way where they don't.Plus health benifit's of the byproduct to justify there cause.

[Flaptail]

Originally Posted by JohnR

I think while we continue to debate for and against Game Fish status, we neglect the most important issue impacting the striped bass fishery - Forage Fish.

If the forage fish situation were addresses, there would be alot more HEALTHY fish around for us to argue shich "User Group" should have the first (or only) crack at them...

Bingo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HESH2]

I fish from shore mainly for schoolie and there were alot last few years.Keep in mine that i'm using smaller plastics etc. so sometimes i get a keeper fish,and i release everything i catch.Another issue is commercial gill nets in ct.I have been ib bait stores were they sell bunker they caught and someone asked what else did they catch.gill netter said 46 weakfish he was trying to sell to fish markets,and some stripers which he slit their bellies so they would sink and not float so stripers fishermen woul'nt see and cut his nets.Alot of issues regarding all above posts and issues.hopefully my grandkids will have fish when there time comes to fish.