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Originally Posted by stripermaineiac
Stripers used to spawn in all the rivers before dams were built..
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Likely not a product of recent adaptation. Another factor is that water quality in rivers improved as a result of the clean water act and the decline in manufacturing in the 70's and 80's. When the bass came back, the conditions were more favorable. The Naugatuck, Housatonic, Mystic MA, etc. of the middle 20th century were not conducive to succesful spawning. Much more so today. Now, if we could just get rid of the feakin dams
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