Shouldnt there be...

[RIJIMMY]

yeah Pete, talking about the dinks that usually show early.
I can say that last year, I started get fish between 24-32" the first weekend in May, lots of them while fishing in the mid-bay. By the middle of May 20+lb fish were showing regularly.

[Clammer]

yeah Pete .

when we were allowed to sell schoolies / the max. weight was 6 pounds ;;which is well under the 28" legal limit ;

Everyone could fill the boat / or beach last year with 26" to 33.5 " fish .. but many commercial guys had to cull thru them to get the market size of 34";;

they are so busy / F $%^&*() with the size & numbers & dates with Tautog, Scup, sea bass & fluke .. they are totally missing or ignoring the biggest issue .. STRIPERS::

WE might as well add this infux & their destruction as well >>>>>>>>>>>>> && that being / the seals, the millions of commarants , the osprey & the hawks ;;
As quick as the herring are trying to make a comeback ... these 4 critters are on a feeding frenzy ;;

25 years ago .. 1 or two seals would make us stop digging to watch them ....... commarants / didn,t exist >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> now every f $%^&*() winter .......... they feed on sea herring [seals] & every time a commarant dives ........ you can see it swallowing a winter flounder or eel .& we all know the state of these two species in RI ><><

[STREETFIGHT]

the 2 early season spots i fish in ct. have so far been- spot A) right on time & spot B) a couple weeks early (to me thats a good sign) - my dad who fishes the east end of long island got his first fish of "08" on 4/9..... he got his first of "09" yesterday- he said the bait and bass in the early spots he fishes are about 2 weeks behind- he only started to see the first schools of bunker last weekend.

[piemma]

50 degree water all over. 56 in EG. I marked a few fish but no schools. I didn't really fish. I was taking the boat for a "shakedown" cruise.

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

fish between 24-32"

They must be close to rolling into the Bay, I saw more then a few fish getting close to keeper size caught over the past few days along the coast.

[Cool Beans]

Nevermind, I originally posted a newspaper article from Newport paper this week, but may have some of you guys "spots" listed as hot, so I pulled it back.

Would this be spot burning to post a printed fishing report, if it helps S-B fishermen. Especially after the Cup kicks off, I would think all the info we can get to help the team would be good. Feedback on this?

[GonnaCatchABig1]

Originally Posted by Cool Beans

Nevermind, I originally posted a newspaper article from Newport paper this week, but may have some of you guys "spots" listed as hot, so I pulled it back.

Would this be spot burning to post a printed fishing report, if it helps S-B fishermen. Especially after the Cup kicks off, I would think all the info we can get to help the team would be good. Feedback on this?

you would think that. only problem is, it's not a private forum. there for pretty much any one who googles "stripers" will eventually run into it. (there are times in mid season when there are 33 registered users (posters) and 200 guests (non posters) viewing these forums) and BAM! there goes all the spots.

edit: still stuff like the OTW reports are generally fine. common knowledge is ""ok"". but to some, what seems like common knowledge, is super secret info to others. so generally specific spot stuff is bad.

kind of sucks. but thats how it is.