Is this the begining of the end?

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by Clogston29

and harder for surf guys and more novice & more shallow water focused boaters. since it is now harder for the majority of anglers, especially anglers who tend to post here, opinions sway towards "there must be something wrong".

Yeah, but when I hear accomplished rec and comm anglers thinking the same thing, my ears perk up...

The lack of small fish, and the abundance of big fish in a select few locations has me concerned...

[JFigliuolo]

[QUOTE=RIROCKHOUND;606980]Yeah, but when I hear accomplished rec and comm anglers thinking the same thing, my ears perk up...
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Me too... Especially guys that fished through the moritrum and the time leading up to it.

[Clogston29]

that's true. being "up here" where striper fishing isn't as prominent as southern MA and RI we really don't get much first hand info from commerical/very experienced guys so that probably influences my opinion. i will say that there are good numbers of smaller fish up this way.

the abundence of big fish in concentrated areas does concern me, because it makes them very vulnerable to overfishing.