Come on in, water's fine!!

[JohnR]

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First off, I would like to welcome everyone to this new board, StriperTalk! Please ask away any questions or post any statements about fishing for Stripers, Blues, Sturgeon, Reds, Weaks (squeeters), or whatever fishing you do. I hope to keep this little corner of the Internet responsible and relatively clean - remember, your children could be coming here as well...

We are coming into an interesting if not scary time when comes to fishing our waters. People and groups with different agendas are coming in to grab a larger share of a dwindling pie. The needs of many groups are vying to get importance over the basic needs of the increasingly smaller pie of our fisheries. We can use this site as a tool to enhance our fishing experience and to enhance the survivability of our marine resources. Some have said that the recovery of the Striped Bass has been a model of fisheries management, to a degree they may be correct. However, recently the possibility of overfishing Striped Bass has been brought back to the forefront of marine fishery discussions. Are we starting to fail all over again? Is too much pressure on the fish? What can be done to improve the resource? Perhaps this “tool” can help. Let’s help to make the recovery of these fish admirable again and push to improve the overall good of all the fisheries. Time is running out.

Now, for the cool part. This site will continue to grow as the word gets around. I have met many people on both the surf and the web that have so much knowledge, integrity, and humor that a forum like this is a fantastic oportunity to share that wealth. We will get to learn tips, tricks, and methods used by other fishermen and women from around the Striper Coast. We can also relearn the good habits we once remembered but have since forgotten. but most of all, let us have some fun...

So, please use this tool to its fullest extent. Toss this site into your Virtual Surfbag, your boat’s goat locker, or your cyber float tube and have some fun. Please feel free to send any recommendations, comments, or criticisms to me, here at Striped-Bass.Com


Thanks,

John Redmond

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[Saltheart]

Nice board John. Very classy. I got it bookmarked and will drop in.
Good Luck
Saltheart

[JohnR]

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Thanks Mike, long time no speak. Where did you go? I rarely went to the other boards due to 70-80hr weeks in addition to working on this site. Hadn't heard from you in a while... Things are heating up down there - get out yet???

Maybe see you at the show...

John
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[Saltheart]

I got swamped at work too. Hoping things ease up a little so I can get to Matunick. I posted on the other boards that your site is now up. That should get you some traffic!

[Prospector]

Hi John. Saltheart led the way over from WMI. Good luck with your new site, I'll be looking in from time to time. Best Of Luck, Joe H.

[Bill Klein]

Congrats, John! Off to a good-lookin' start here, and I plan to be checking in frequently.

Long as all you Yankees don't mind some participation from down here in God's country..... the Delmarva peninsula, of course.

[jamie]

John R Nice site. This is bookmarked along side of TimS'. I look forward to the same kind of good info and lively comment but from a more northerly aspect.

[JohnR]

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Hey, thanks guys!!! Glad to see ya...I appreciate the bookmarks. I'm officially starting to promote the site at the Mass Striped Bass Association show this weekend...It should be about 75% complete by then. Alot of work the site on top of the dreaded bill paying job... I should also have my mail server running by next weekend if you'd like whatever@striped-bass.com e-mail addresses... Hey Bill Klein, I don't tell everyone this but I lived half my life in Pasadena Murlan, jus owtside Balmore... Grew up on the Bodkin Creek and Rivera Beach... Caught my firts stripers down ther when I was about 4 years old.

This site will probably have a bend towards Nor'East fishing because Sandy Point on the Chesapeke is a tough haul for a night out fishing, not to mention that the big guys hang out up here when its 95degrees and 99% humidity down your way...

Hope to here from you all soon!

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[bloocrab]

..so is this where it all started??..

...Congratulations on your growth....you really should go see a doctor about it though....

[JohnR]

Wow - hadn't seen this one in a while... What growth? You peaking when I'm taking a leak or something ?

[fishweewee]

bumpity bump

[fishaholic18]

[reelecstasy]

best thing on the net, and believe me I have looked............

[MrHunters]

WOW.....
Looking back do you feel like you were a rookie JohnR...?
Amazing wha 5 years will bring ya.
Can I still get that whatever@striped-bass.com.....???
if whatever is taken how about whenever?

I feel compelled to say what a great resource this is. Thanks for the great effort!

[Goose]

Originally Posted by JohnR

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Please ask away any questions or post any statements about fishing for Stripers, Blues, Sturgeon, Reds, Weaks (squeeters), or whatever fishing you do.

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Yes, I been fly fishin for sturgeons for the last 5 yrs useing a pogie mosquito fly..dada...why ain't i catchin