I ran my charters out of shark river 1988 to mid 1990's and the flounder fishing there was crap then too. That's over 30 years ago it stunk too.
Same as the whiting fishing going to shit in NJ dating back to last century.
Same as inshore Boston Mackeral fishing in the Spring and even in Barnie.
Same as the north NJ weakfishing going to shit too for decades now.
SERIOUSLY:
The good old days for all these fish are an old man's memories of his childhood. And were they actually all that good? Remember... Whiting in the 1960's off of Long Branch pier with pops in January? Eight fish then look like 60 now. LOL
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Originally Posted by dakota560
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When I was growing up and the fishery was healthy, every summer the bottom was paved in Shark River with juvenile winter flounder. There were so many it looked like the bottom was moving around the floating docks at Fisherman's Den. No more, they're gone because recruitment today is less than 10% of what it was in the 70's and 80's. I assure you that didn't happen from recreational anglers fishing maybe 6 weeks out of an entire season.
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