I Don't Care What Anyone Says........

[Odizza]

i am having the best seson i have ever had. 4 times as many keeper bass than any year prior and my personal best. Not a lot of big fish but an overall good year for me.

[afterhours]

game fish status prohibits the sale of said fish, it allows public consumption. i'm in favor of gamefish status for stripers with a limit of 1 fish at 36". i'm glad some of you guys have had great years but the writings on the wall and some of us have seen/lived it before.

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by afterhours

game fish status prohibits the sale of said fish, it allows public consumption. i'm in favor of gamefish status for stripers with a limit of 1 fish at 36". i'm glad some of you guys have had great years but the writings on the wall and some of us have seen/lived it before.

Education might help too....I, myself, honestly thought that gamefish status meant no keeping what-so-ever......strictly catch and release.

I would bet that there is a lot of people that didn't know this that are against Gamefish status for just that reason.

I would agree with that too......one fish 36" @ gamefish status

[piemma]

Originally Posted by Odizza

i am having the best seson i have ever had. 4 times as many keeper bass than any year prior and my personal best. Not a lot of big fish but an overall good year for me.

Just my and AH's point. 4 times as many keepers but if the size limit were 36" how many then?
I am glad some are having a great year. I had a super Spring myself. That's not the point. You guys are missing the point entirely. The point is: The MAJORITY of the guys are not having a great year and the consensus seems to be that there are less fish and less quality fish and fewer periods when there are good fish. It's not about one or two or three guys having a good year. Read the posts. I'm betting that the number will be like 80% having a &%*^% year.

Second question? Why not a lot of big fish. Could it be because there are a high percentage of guys and gals fishing that are killing 28" fish?

When we went to 34", then 36" then the moritorium you couldn't buy a 30# fish. I won 2nd place in 90 with a 32# fish in the Thundermist Club. Thundermist guys fished almost exclusively on "The Back" and the likes of Lanny Grazini, Chuck H, and a bunch of "high hooks" that were some of the best that ever threw a conventional were in that club. A 32 takes second place and a 38# fish won it. Tony Chiroppo was one of Lanny's partners.

I pray to God that it doesn't come to pass but there are 5 times more guys fishing now than there were 20 years ago. if we don't do something quickly, there will be no bass agan.