Pogies Being Decimated

[trapperpierre]

Started live lining pogies '69-'70....with the likes of Jim Paterson, the Sevigny Brothers, Tom bartolomeo and George Simes...."other" refined utilization of whole pogies came shortly thereafter with the Jack Gouda era..............................what happens when local bait boats remove the existing pogies the spring early summer bay bass fishery suffers-plain and simple....no rocket science needed........................the huge Omega onslaught of Chessy region menhaden....is a major blunder......also........and the "Tiny Tim" huge purse seine of yester year killed the bay bass fishery in one or two net sets.....repeat-localize removal of bay/river pogies has a negative effect on the striped bass fishery......

[Clammer]

TP

RICH /YA LEFT OUT QUITE A FEW OLD TIMERS ;;

DO YOU REMEMBER WACKY ROLAND TO NAME JUST ONE


&& THEN JM [not Joe] RJ / DF/ EJ/ TW/TD/



& then the 3rd wave & finally the flood gates

[trapperpierre]

.......Don Gladou, Ray Jobin, Tommy Ditmar, Johnny Martini, even Bill Mancini...among others.............and........pogies should be multiple use species........keep the bait boats.....however....develope a bay sanctuary......no seining above a line from Poppaquash to Prov Point on Prudence Island to Warwick Light to Sandy Point Warwick(Green River)....just eliminate the localize elimination of menhaden in the upper bay and Prov River.........just give the !@#$%^&*()+ pogies a break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Adam_777]

This is getting deeper already.I'm asking a few NJ guys on another forum for some more info.I think basically it's coming down to the boats are exploiting the rules and the areas.The share we are giving them is not being watched carefully enough and they are overfishing.From what I'm reading they are already taking more than they should this year but how does anyone really know until it's too late.Like last year.If it fails again this year we will really need to push for a new plan.Not just sit back and watch them rape the bay again.