Chesapeake gets shafted

[TheFishSlayer]

http://news.maryland.gov/dnr/2016/02/24/marylands-chesapeake-bay-striped-bass-season-opens-april-16/

[SaltLife1980]

Damn. One fish and 35 inches is crazy

[mike1010]

It would be interesting to know what logic is behind that, if any.

[Capt Sal]

The striper is there state fish. They should of taken care of the bunker reduction boats and stopped all the illegal gill netters.When we were throwing fish back they were allowed to keep two at fish 20".Stripers are migratory and Maryland does not own the stock. Maryland is by far the biggest offender of Illegally harvested stripers. If it is there state fish why don't the give it game fish status and stop all netting in every form? New jersey did it but i guess they are the priveledged state!:eek:

[CCMPmonmouth]

Damn. One fish and 35 inches is crazy

Fairly positive it was 1 fish 36 inches in NJ for quite awhile.

[Walleyed]

The striper is there state fish. They should of taken care of the bunker reduction boats and stopped all the illegal gill netters.When we were throwing fish back they were allowed to keep two at fish 20".Stripers are migratory and Maryland does not own the stock. Maryland is by far the biggest offender of Illegally harvested stripers. If it is there state fish why don't the give it game fish status and stop all netting in every form? New jersey did it but i guess they are the priveledged state!:eek:

1 @ 35" is only for their spring season (4/16 to 5/15) ...summer and fall (5/16 to 12/20), they still get to keep 2; 1 over 20" and 1 over 28".

They're not getting shafted.

[Capt Sal]

1 @ 35" is only for their spring season (4/16 to 5/15) ...summer and fall (5/16 to 12/20), they still get to keep 2; 1 over 20" and 1 over 28".

They're not getting shafted.

Way better than what we have!

[Joey Dah Fish]

They have also destroyed their blue claw population another source of food

[Blind Squirrel]

http://news.maryland.gov/dnr/2016/02/24/marylands-chesapeake-bay-striped-bass-season-opens-april-16/
The alternative's a fishery that's essentially wiped out, as I recall back in the '70s and '80s. 5- or 10-fish daily limits mean nothing when no one's catching even one. :(
http://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/topic/407718-njs-history-of-striped-bass-regulations/

[teddysclaw]

They deserve to get shafted for how poorly they manage their striper stock. Little to no enforcement of harvest, legal or illegal. I'm actually for even tighter restrictions regarding Maryland. It's an embarrassment how little they care about their striper stocks.

Title should read, Chesapeake gets what they deserve.

[Billfish715]

Their state fish is our "money" fish! Be careful where you point your fingers when looking to place blame. A big majority of our stripers were spawned in the Chesapeake estuaries. While the agencies there are trying to protect their spawning populations, we also share a responsibility to enable those spawning bass to return to Maryland to perpetuate the cycle of life. Responsible conservation is everyone's responsibility. Quit the " hatin'". I'm sure there are fishermen in Maryland blaming us for killing too many migrating spawners just like some of the New Jersey fishermen are condemning our southern neighbors for their fishing practices.