Weakfish?

[Poseidon]

Any weakfish?

[beerbelly]

lots of weakfish out side shark river inlet in 25 to 45 ft of water, but their all small

[makosnax]

Dogfish ate them all

[bunker dunker]

a few weeks back I was in Montauk and there was tons and tons of small ones.the sea bass were spitting up every time we caught one

[Poseidon]

Why have the weakfish numbers declined so badly over the last ten years?

[mondofish]

Why have the weakfish numbers declined so badly over the last ten years?
I've seen them crash the beach at the hook a few years back. They had to be less than a pound. People had buckets of them. I told them they were too small but I'm pretty sure there may have been a language barrier. I didn't even unload my gear to fish. I saw a ranger speaking to a few of them, hopefully giving out tickets. I didn't stay to find out, it was disgusting.