Interesting speaker at RISAA tonight

[numbskull]

I think it is foolish to deny there are less fish when COASTWIDE the recreational catch number is 1/3 of what it was 2 years ago.

Remember, a large percentage of that recreational number is made up of professional charter catch. Subtract that and you can easily see why us average schmuck recreational fisherman are not particularly happy.

Sure if we quit our jobs, ignore our family, trailer a rig hundreds of miles, fish bait guided by electronics and cellphone contacts we could do well.......but that is not why most of us fish, nor what many of us consider fishing. Too bad for us, it appears.

[WoodyCT]

Too bad so many of you are so self impressed and so distrusting of anyone you don't know, or worse yet, understand. Engineers, with no scientific training, calling out professional scientists who have spent countless hours in the field doing research in the hopes of understanding the plight of the striped bass. Sad.

Too bad others here see the solution as simple as taking up new arms or moving to greener pastures to continue killing once the fish are no longer able to be killed in historically lucrative waters. Pathetic.

Too bad folks post on here hoping to enlighten others to possible factors affecting the fish we all love, only to have their well intentioned act turned into a bitchandblame fest amongst fools. Shameful.

Until every single striper catcher accepts that they own a share in the issue there will be no hope for recovery of the bass.

But fear not, the government will step in and shut down fishing, and lock us all out, in order to save the species. Let's hope it doesn't become a permanent lock out. I'd like to go surfcasting for stripers with my grandchildren in 20 years.