Menhaden Bill introduced

[bloocrab]

http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...ad.php?t=37928

What slaughter? According to the thread above, most people C & R, and for the rest of us (comm. included), there are laws protecting qty. I'm so tired of seeing skinny bass, fish that should be well into the poundage but are not, 48" fish that struggle to reach 30#s, that is NOT good for the bass. I think the biggest point being missed here is....THE BASS NEED THE BUNKER MORE THAN WE NEED THE BASS, BUNKER, AND ANYTHING ELSE YOUR AFRAID THAT WILL CHANGE. Is it fear of losing big fish to comm. guys due to them schooling under the bunker? Sure the big fish will take a hit at first, but if the bunker continue to prosper...the Striper will catch up or never miss a beat.

MORE BUNKER MEANS MORE BIGGER-HEALTHIER BASS...period.

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by bloocrab

http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...ad.php?t=37928

What slaughter? According to the thread above, most people C & R, and for the rest of us (comm. included), there are laws protecting qty. I'm so tired of seeing skinny bass, fish that should be well into the poundage but are not, 48" fish that struggle to reach 30#s, that is NOT good for the bass. I think the biggest point being missed here is....THE BASS NEED THE BUNKER MORE THAN WE NEED THE BASS, BUNKER, AND ANYTHING ELSE YOUR AFRAID THAT WILL CHANGE. Is it fear of losing big fish to comm. guys due to them schooling under the bunker? Sure the big fish will take a hit at first, but if the bunker continue to prosper...the Striper will catch up or never miss a beat.

MORE BUNKER MEANS MORE BIGGER-HEALTHIER BASS...period.

I hope so. and as Thomcat has mentioned, hopefully there will be alot or catch and release. I hope the bill passes, and hopefully the majority of RI's fishermen know that this is a gift not to be exploited.

[bloocrab]

Don't kid yourself, people will ALWAYS try to take advantage, but don't they do that already - to the fullest extent possible? So theoretically speaking, what's the difference?...More bunker is better no matter how you look at it. It HAS to be -

I look at it like this, if there's a school of 20 large bass in a given area being worked by a few comm. guys..let's just say 15 get caught leaving 5 undernourished fish to go on about their business scrounging for some more food.

On the flipside, we have MORE bunker and.....let's say there's a school of 100 large and 90 get landed. That leaves 10 large, fat, healthy bass to go and have sex rather than scrounge for food because there's plenty of it. yeah, I know, it's a comical analogy, but give it a little thought, deep thought



.....and yes, I'm sure people will still buy surfhogs