This is all so FCKING PATHETIC. As a kid I used to catch codfish by the dozen......while trolling for striped bass at Sow and Pigs in September for God's sake. Guys would fish for them, and catch them up to 50lbs on effing MIDDLEGROUND in December. April always meant SW shoal and dependable cod fishing....as well as the loss of dozens of jigs to trotlines. How about Crab ledge in May? Now we're reduced to quibbling over 10 puny fish if you can even find them (20 boats gunnale to gunnale on SW bank is NOT finding them)! They should just SHUT THE WHOLE FISHERY for 5 or 10 or 15 years, however long it takes them to undo the fcking mess they and their shortsighted buddies have created. PISSES me off what has been stolen from us, and the sorry part is most guys fishing today (or sitting home 6 months of the year with nothing to do) have no idea what they are missing.
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