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Old 02-08-2001, 04:14 PM   #16
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I caught a fish with John last year that was 42.5 inches long and weighed just a few tenths below 26 pounds. Thats almost off the striper growth chart on the low end and that was late in the season when the fish should be fat. Average would have been nearly 34 pounds. The fish are skinnier these days.

I can remember when the menhaden were so big that if you snagged one , you had to be careful not to break your rod tossing it back out to liveline it. Now its all tiny little bait fish around here. A biggie is the size of the palm of you hand. I do see some big ones from time to time that have been netted locally and sold to the bait shops but I personally have not seen those big bait fish close to shore in a long time.
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