Ban the Striper Cup now!!!

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by BigFish

The state permits 2 a day per angler which is far more than anyone needs in a day.....start there and get it dropped back to 1 at 28"!

1 at 34" would be better. Give every female at least one chance to spawn. I'm not convinced that all 28" females are spawners yet. The whole idea of the old 36" limit was to give every fish a chance to spawn. It worked then. It'll still work.

I've never found undropped eggs inside of a fish under 30". I've found them in fish as small as 33", but no smaller.

[Krispy]

Can someone pls send me info on the crashing SB stocks?

[zimmy]

Originally Posted by Krispy

Can someone pls send me info on the crashing SB stocks?

It is very likely that this year will bring the 5th year out of the last 6 with below average yoy index on the Chesapeake. Couple that with the large rec take + comms. + bi-catch and rampant mycobacter. in the bay. It doesn't take more than a few years to go from decent catches to depletion.