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Originally Posted by Clammer
PETE G
that,s it exactly >>>>>>>> keepers are coming >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NOT true schoolies ..
HISTORY repeats itself ;;
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What Clammer said.
The numbers of small bass appear to be dwindling from the highs I remember in the last dozen years or so -
While there are some school fish around - notably in That Spot Pete referred to - they aren't elsewhere yet.
There are still seals out on the Drive as of a few days ago on Seal Rock (hence the name), and cormorants by the hundreds.
I dunno, maybe the answer is a seal hunt using cormorants as a club - probably wouldn't get a lot of popular support though, I guess
Water temps are above what I always considered the trigger point locally
Beats me - but historically speaking, a dearth of small bass and a glut of larger fish parallels the two biggest crashes - the one in the late 1800's that caused the closure of the great striped bass clubs of that era and the more recent moratorium
Yeah, I'm concerned - and Clammer is right about fisheries management dropping the ball again - 2 fish a day at 28" has been sheer stupidity.
You've gotta ask yourself, what would we all do without a bass fishery?
God knows I don't have the temperment or social skills for golf. The people you run into golfing are the ones I go fishing to avoid, anyway...
So who's gonna be the next Bob Pond this time around?...
You know, if I am completely wrong, I'd rather have erred on the side of caution.
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