Striped Bass Management

[hq2]

Yeah, I remember things still being pretty good until around 2011 to 2012. By 2014 or 15 it was clearly starting to decline. I stopped doing trips for stripers alone around 2017; only do it now when I can fish for something else. In the last couple of years I’ve almost stopped bothering at all.

[thefishingfreak]

I had to check the date on this thread. Same crap you've all been spouting for 20 years.


Say it with me now, real slow....

"I AM THE PROBLEM, I AM THE 90%"

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by thefishingfreak

I had to check the date on this thread. Same crap you've all been spouting for 20 years.


Say it with me now, real slow....

"I AM THE PROBLEM, I AM THE 90%"

If that chart was your IRA, you’d be crying a river my friend.
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[Got Stripers]

It always puzzled me, just how can anyone determine the recreational release mortality rate. It also matters little what the real percentage is that can be attributed to each sector, it’s the management of the resources that has always been the issue.

[fishgolf]

PBS reran the two part series on the American Bison earlier this week.

In part two, one of the guys trying to preserve some of the remaining bison had a quote that probably applies here (paraphrase):
"a species targeted by man's commercialization/commoditization will be lucky to survive/exist"... something like that.

[wdmso]

I call that chart pure BS. How many rec guys take 15 or more fish a year. Not many.

Compared to Comms 15 fish a day.

Odd how they can claim rec guys catch so many fish when no one’s ever asked

https://asmfc.org/about-us/program-overview. Sound like lobbyists to me