POGIES CLOSED

[Pt.JudeJoe]

This only means that for now the commercial taking of pogies in Narragansett Bay is stopped. That could change if they find more coming into the bay.The most likely scenario is that the boats will go to Jersey and get them there and truck the bait back.There will be pogies for bait ,it just won't be in as good shape as the local ones.It's been this way for many moons.

[clambelly]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

The motivations of someone performing an action for profit or for recreation are unmistakably different. As demonstrated numerous times throughout history, when man is allowed to mine a resource for profit unrestricted, he will take the resource to the brink of extinction in order to maximize his profits and without consideration of the effects on other aspects of the environment or other people.

Recreational fishermen have not invested millions of dollars fine-tuning, upgrading and making their fish mining equipment the most efficient in the seas. Commercial pogy vessels have.

If we want stripers to flourish (or all marine life, minus the seals), we must protect the bait. Allowing the unrestricted mining of the forage is asking to screw up the whole balance of the oceans.

Please don't compare apples to oranges.

it is not apples to oranges. we are talking about the same thing. i am not advocating for more commercial harvesting. i want the same thing you do, more pogies.

the sad part of this whole thing is that the recreational fishermen who harvest pogies for their own use are not bound to report any of that. so who is to know how much is actually being taken.

[Mr. Sandman]

Now maybe some of them can get past your gauntlet of nets and make it up here for christsakes.

commfisherman = greedfishermen

There hasn't been a bunker here (in any real number) in 20+ years.

[bobber]

I thought the reduction boats were outta the Bay..... that Arc was there for bait purposes only???? over a million pounds sure seems like a LOT of friggin baits.......

[piemma]

Well whatever the boats didn't get is gone now anyway. This crappy weather , NE wind for 24 days, considerable runoff, sewage, etc has turned the Bay into a coffee colored garbage dump. There are no pogies to be found, at least right now.

Maybe if Summer ever shows up they may come back but I have my doubts. The good thing is, at present, there are very few bass in the upper Bay. This clearly will prevent the loosers who snag and drop from killing anymore bass.

[Crafty Angler]

Originally Posted by piemma

Maybe if Summer ever shows up they may come back but I have my doubts. The good thing is, at present, there are very few bass in the upper Bay. This clearly will prevent the loosers who snag and drop from killing anymore bass.

I guess you didn't get the memo, Paul



Same thing down these parts - the bait done flew the coop

But the good news is, the gibronies up there bailing bass like stocked trout will be gone too

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by bobber

I thought the reduction boats were outta the Bay..... that Arc was there for bait purposes only???? over a million pounds sure seems like a LOT of friggin baits.......

There are no reduction boats (and haven't been for a long while) but boats like Arc bait and one out of Gloucester (I think) that get the pogies primarily for bait for lobsterman and fish shops. I don't think the local pogies go much towards Omega 3 pills