Fished herring, then no more herring. Fished pogies, then no local pogies last year... seiners wiped them out. Fished macks all last year. But herring always got the most aggressive strikes of the three species IMO.
“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
Mike, the taking and possession of river herring was banned in 2005. It was originally a three year ban imposed to help the stock rebuild its numbers. They just keep the ban in effect. Trouble is most EPOs can't differentiate between river herring and sea herring....
“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.