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Originally Posted by Capt Sal
Just plain WRONG!!Just an opinion from a person that thinks he knows. Fact is there are a tremendous amount of striped bass outside the three mile line.Fact-Most private boat owners that fish a lot for stripers are into catch and release.People that go on a head boat or charter once or twice a season want a few fish to eat and will keep there limit and they should.I believe in conservation my friend but do not think or preach the striped bass industry is a few years away from being like the eighties.That is total nonsense.
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Normally I would agree with you ,as our thinking is the same on most aspects of striper fishing .
But the proof of lack of fish staging into their breeding areas is showing a drastic decline.
I agree many fish pass us outside the 3 mile line.
But the bass are getting crushed east of us for 5 months and south of us for 4 months.
The slaughter of egg filled breeders in VA is unreal again due to a warmer winter .
And I like they want to decrease the amount of large breeders .
Having a constant breeding stock will allow more smaller slot fish to be taken without hurting future stocks .
Now if we could just push the bunker boats off the beach a few miles we could have the fishery back we had just 5 years ago.
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