long term striper management - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

JohnR · 10-29-2009, 08:04 AM

As far as striped bass goes, more recreational "registered anglers" will give the guvmint a much bigger pool to ask questions and dresge info from. Think that proposed level of "science" data is bad, they currently cold call out of the blue to ask. A lot of people talk about how rarely they are approached by an EPO (not surveying) or an actual person working for NMFS doing a survey - happened to me once 10 years ago - is a next to non-existent.

So they will be able to base their surveys on talking to anglers that actually fish so their data will improve from horrible to just miserable.

As for who puts the biggest dent in the fishery along the coast - that's probably recreational by far

Islander77 · 10-29-2009, 10:12 AM

Sorry to all for my statements earlier, was not trying to take this down a bad road. As far as what I said its true like it or not. And yes people throw back dead shorts as The Specialist points out.... So let me ask you this you gill hook a schoolie you keep it right??? cause I mean it gill hooked dead anyway right??? Yea exactly my point if you did and dem saw it you would get fined... well reality is dead or not short fish or to much fish on a boat costs them money... Oh and there fines start at the 25k mark not $50... and loss of time on water so...

TheSpecialist · 10-29-2009, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Islander77

Sorry to all for my statements earlier, was not trying to take this down a bad road. As far as what I said its true like it or not. And yes people throw back dead shorts as The Specialist points out.... So let me ask you this you gill hook a schoolie you keep it right??? cause I mean it gill hooked dead anyway right??? Yea exactly my point if you did and dem saw it you would get fined... well reality is dead or not short fish or to much fish on a boat costs them money... Oh and there fines start at the 25k mark not $50... and loss of time on water so...

I would like to see a 1 fish no size limit for that exact reason. Most people would prefer to eat a small striper over a large anyway, and the big girls are breeders. JMO