If they make the Striped Bass limit one will you still go?

[Jigman13]

Originally Posted by RussA

The spawning stock are from 28"-45" so roughly 12-40lbs.

So all you guys hammering the stripers day in and out are the cause for the slower striper seasons as of late.

This is pure fact. You can't blame the commercial fishery on this at all.

Fish over 45lbs eggs start to lose viability. By the time a striper is pushing 50lbs their eggs in most, are not viable.

So throwing back 50lb fish really does nothing.

Is this 100% valid info? Like culling out the old bucks?

I dont catch 50s so it's a moot point in my case lol

[RussA]

Originally Posted by Super

Around 2002 +/- a few years. Regs are still available here: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/digmar13_pdf.htm#past

Oh ok, (NY here ) NY still has that stupid Hybrid slot, where you get 1 between 28" and 42" and one greater that 42".

It isn't working out too good.

In my opinion if you want a sustainable stock, Boat owners, be them Private, 6 Pack, or head boat should enforce the no catch and release rule for themselves and once you catch your limit of striper bass that's it.

Then you can go target another kind of fish. But most don't like this idea, because it would actually work, but they want what they want and instead of policing themselves the asshats at the .gov will take away their rights one fish at a time.

Same goes for all other fish.

[RussA]

Originally Posted by Jigman13

Is this 100% valid info? Like culling out the old bucks?

I dont catch 50s so it's a moot point in my case lol

LOL yes it's legitimate info...

You can verify it with your local Marine Biologist who's expertise are Striped Bass.

[SaltLife1980]

Yea id still go.. Get one for dinner.. then enjoy catch and release for the rest of the trip.. Its still a good time even if im not killing everything i catch out there..

A slot fish would be cool too.. one at 28in and one at over 38in or so..

[Joey Dah Fish]

I will I'm cataclysmic and release just love to fish. It's not the kill but the thrill of the chase. But I'm sure it will kill the charter boats

[makosnax]

The slot was great, they were better eating. I have no desire to eat a 20# plus striper, tastes like crap. Let em all go.

[fishunt]

1 bass would be fine with me. just leave the fluke limits alone

[njfisherman1975]

I would still go...I love eating them...but from netting bunker to catching a striper is an experience. Can't beat live lining a bunker...and watching a striper break the surface and nail it. To me...that's what it's all about!!!

[rumster]

Originally Posted by RussA

The spawning stock are from 28"-45" so roughly 12-40lbs.

So all you guys hammering the stripers day in and out are the cause for the slower striper seasons as of late.

This is pure fact. You can't blame the commercial fishery on this at all.

Fish over 45lbs eggs start to lose viability. By the time a striper is pushing 50lbs their eggs in most, are not viable.

So throwing back 50lb fish really does nothing.

So I guess when you run across 100`s of bass floating dead in the ocean, which are the result of being the by catch from the commercial bunker boats that has nothing at all to do with with the down turn. There are many reasons for the decline and angler greed is just one of them.
How does anyone state something as pure fact, when they don`t even know that there was a slot fish???

[RussA]

Originally Posted by rumster

So I guess when you run across 100`s of bass floating dead in the ocean, which are the result of being the by catch from the commercial bunker boats that has nothing at all to do with with the down turn. There are many reasons for the decline and angler greed is just one of them.
How does anyone state something as pure fact, when they don`t even know that there was a slot fish???

It's simple, I am from NY and the slot limit was only for a short time. To nitpick is folly.

Your state allows Omega Protein to harvest bunker, NY doesn't.

The above are facts, the only thing that was corrected was there was a slot limit and I said wow I didn't realize.

You can blame the bunker boats all you want but the facts are the for hire boats are doing the most damage. This is a fact. Show me where you have seen 100's of dead stripers from bunker boats in NY Harbor or the Raritan bay, you can't because you are talking about other states.

There are 2 main spawning areas, The Chesapeake and the Hudson. The delaware bay may have some fish but the two areas I just named are the primary areas we catch our bass from.

From March through December for hire boats from NC to MA wreak havoc on both stocks of fish. They are even caught in the eeze illegally.

These are facts you can not dispute. In the 70's and 80's it was commercial, in the 2000's its the for hire boats and private boats.

Sure you can say but I saw a picture of dead stripers and so on, do you know how much bunker I saw with nothing on them all summer long while fluking? an ungodly number. So the bunker boats are doing their own damage to the bunker and I for one want them gone, but this is for another thread.

In order to fix the problems Private and for hire boats need to start policing themselves. I for one am sick of getting dictated to what I can catch and how many I can keep and when I can catch them... How about you?