Stripers Forever has issues. If one is really involved in the total picture (which is not thier idea of the "picture") one would shy away from this organization.
They are lobbyists for thier interest and user group(s) (guides, fly fisherman Orvis,etc.) and thier history has had a number of times when not unlike George W. Bush, they tend to act of bad or suspicious information and likewise dispense this shall we say slightly manipulated info to the angling public.
A PETA related piscatorial effort preying on young and impressionable minds and others whose experience chasing this great fish is relatively regarded as new to the sport, say the last ten years.
I always practice catch and release, so do many of the folks here, not because I am an ultra-conservationist but simply because I believe fish over 28 inches are not nearly as palatable as fish in the 18 to 22 inch range therefore I consume none and secondly I am fortunate enough to now not have to direct my efforts to fish commercially, which I believe is viable and some day, God forbid I will go back to it if I ever have to.
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