New rules for Striper Cup

[shadow]

Originally Posted by Roger

That is not a message of conservation. It says there are plenty of fish to the folks were not aware of the state of the fishery. There are so many that we’ll kill them, not for food, but for possible cash and prizes.”

tell me the state of the fishery,becuase I don't know about you but I'am not having a hard time finding fish of many sizes and year classes any time recentily and I fish 100% from shore if I had a boat I would see alot more fish for sure.don't get me wrong I don't want to see a blood bath.And that is way I was against the first set of rules.Imo they were set up for a blood bath.I really do believe the new rules are going in the right direction.Right now the striped bass biggest problems are a lack of forage that will effect them in a bigger way then a contest that ends in sept. which is also a good thing.like it or not millions of pounds of striper,is harvested every year you can't blame that on otw.

[Saltheart]

Sorry Roger , I can't agree. I think the changes will drastically reduce the number of fish weighed in. I also think that you have to be realistic. You are not going to stop the tournament and I think a lot of good was done to bring this one into a more conservation minded format. yes , we would like to see it catch and release like our own 4 leg tourney but honesty does not always prevail and the bigger the prizes , the more temptation to cheat. I think the new format is more than just acceptable. I think OTW responded very favorably in terms of preserving the fishery.

[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by shadow

tell me the state of the fishery,becuase I don't know about you but I'am not having a hard time finding fish of many sizes and year classes any time recentily and I fish 100% from shore if I had a boat I would see alot more fish for sure.don't get me wrong I don't want to see a blood bath.And that is way I was against the first set of rules.Imo they were set up for a blood bath.I really do believe the new rules are going in the right direction.Right now the striped bass biggest problems are a lack of forage that will effect them in a bigger way then a contest that ends in sept. which is also a good thing.like it or not millions of pounds of striper,is harvested every year you can't blame that on otw.

I coudn't agree more with this statement.
shadow
you said a mouthful.