Stock Assessments

[MakoMike]

FWIW, the guys on the south shore of Long Island are asking "what's the problem here, we had the best season we ever had last year." Guys fishing Stellwagon can't get away from the stripers. There were plenty of fish last year off the south side of Block Island. Maybe its a local problem?

[Sea Dangles]

Bossman,before you get your underpants in a bunch try to look at it as a compliment. As the chief bottle yada of the "fishing club" here it's more than just about you.Your participation,or lack thereof makes more of an impact on the tournament than you account for.The absence of SB.com would make more than a ripple On The Water.It's a voice of the fishing community that OTW is in tune with.This abstinance could result in future rules changes that you have mentioned as possibly being needed for the tournament in the name of coservation.While I commend your personal sacrifices made on behest of the fishies I just think you could do more.By doing less.

[JohnR]

And next year, depending on the Assessments, there is a pretty good chance we won't be doing it unless there is significant change in the Tourney. I see what you are stating here and one could counter if more teams that are participating chose to do what we do and significantly limit their entered fish, our participation could possibly have beneficial effect on other teams.

One of my points is that the Striper Cup has far lower impact than a lot of other things we could be rallying around and working on. Even then, our participation in the cup is determined yearly.

[MAKAI]

Too bad that as people we tend to be " reactive ", rather than " proactive ".


A proactive approach to a lot of things in life could only be a good thing.

[Rockfish9]

Originally Posted by MakoMike

FWIW, the guys on the south shore of Long Island are asking "what's the problem here, we had the best season we ever had last year." Guys fishing Stellwagon can't get away from the stripers. There were plenty of fish last year off the south side of Block Island. Maybe its a local problem?

From north side of the cape to Maine?... not likely... lots of large not enough small....the probelm becomes more eveident the farther north you go...the less fish in the biomass, the less you have to migrate...

I agree with Mike P's take.. .. pointing fingers is no way to go about management... those of us that have been around the block a few times have seen this all before.. including the playing of the blame game...the problem lies in management... I also believe in fixing the bait problem... we havent had a school of pogies (other than for a single tide) in the Merrimack in almost two decades.. .. and in the mid 80's there were so many of them, you could snag enough for a mornings fishing in a half an hour...EVERY morning..