Maybe there is some hope?

[Vogt]

Originally Posted by JohnnySaxatilis

guess everyones general attitude here was kinda wrong, no? all i heard from people all year was there were "NO SMALL FISH ANYWHERE". not just here either

Same story in CT. Maybe a couple dozen dinks this whole year... Average fish this year has been 12-14 lbs, with high teens and low 20's fairly common. More 30-40lb class bass caught this year by my friends and I than ever before...

Numbers are WAY down, average size is way up.

Im a young guy, but from what I understand, this sounds an aweful lot like it was before the last crash...

[piemma]

Im a young guy, but from what I understand, this sounds an aweful lot like it was before the last crash...[/QUOTE]

Those of us that went through the crash in the late 70s and early 80 and then the moritorium have been saying this for 6 or 7 years. Myself, Clammer, Jim White, Mike L, Numby, a bunch of other to numerous to mention. This is what we experienced. Lots of 30s and 40s and 50s and no schoolies.

There are a lot of reasons not the least of which is what George posted. The striped bass should be a game fish. PERIOD!
Not targeting the comms up here but the draggers and seine netters and gill netters in NC, VA, DE, Maryland etc.

The nitwits who are running the quota program are so clueless it's laughable. In the last 6 months they have vacilated from INCREASING the commercial quota by 50% to DECREASING the quota by 50% to leaving everything as is. It is like having the fox watch the hen house.

[nightfighter]

Acres of micros tonight in Salem harbor. Their presence is a good sign for the next few years...