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11-15-2011, 01:13 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Originally Posted by Typhoon
Those of us who fish cape cod bay by boat will continue to tell you that there's more large striped bass than we've ever seen.
millions of fish.
The fish are there, the bait is not. We have the bait.
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Wasn't there a time when the large fish weren't concentrated into only a few small areas? |
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11-15-2011, 08:22 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyD
Wasn't there a time when the large fish weren't concentrated into only a few small areas?
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Back in 1984, if I was in charge of things, and I judged the health of the fishery on what I saw on some days in the Canal, there never would have been a moratorium. |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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11-15-2011, 08:59 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,289
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Stuff like this makes me think game fish may be the only way.
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Originally Posted by Redsoxticket
Now that the assessment is completed there going to be a s-b striper cup next year?
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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We'll see. |
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11-15-2011, 09:46 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnR
Stuff like this makes me think game fish may be the only way.
We'll see.
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It sure is working out real well down in NJ.  I would bet you that NJ probably has the highest rec mortality of any state, including NY and Mass. |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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11-25-2011, 07:55 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Manomet
Posts: 71
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnR
Stuff like this makes me think game fish may be the only way.
We'll see.
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"Here Here" |
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11-25-2011, 08:06 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Gloucester Massachusetts
Posts: 2,678
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Save the striped bass fishery.
Reduce the recreational catch to one fish over 34 inchs per day per person. And only one in posession.
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11-16-2011, 01:12 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 5,238
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike P
Back in 1984, if I was in charge of things, and I judged the health of the fishery on what I saw on some days in the Canal, there never would have been a moratorium.
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Exactly my point. You get people that say: "You're just not looking in the right spot." or "Inside the bay is loaded with bass and so are the areas off Orleans and Chatham." That's like looking up into the night sky, counting the stars you can see and saying "I counted 250 stars so that's how many stars exist." For a fish that has a range in-excess of 1000 miles, basing the health of the stock on how the fishing inside Cape Cod Bay was is just silly.
The ocean is vast and these tiny snap-shot opinions of the health of the stock based on personal experience is useless. |
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