Stripers added to the do not eat list in D C.

[Castaway]

http://wjla.com/news/local/dc-to-loc...t-our-rockfish

[NoLimit]

There used to be a lot of PCBs, DDT, etc everywhere in the 50's and 60's and people were living longer than ever. There is some speculation that they never proved they were actually harming people. It might be just like all the other scares like fracking, paraquat, swine flu and who knows what.

http://www.eco-imperialism.com/myths...cts-about-ddt/

[PaBeerGuy]

Originally Posted by NoLimit

There used to be a lot of PCBs, DDT, etc everywhere in the 50's and 60's and people were living longer than ever. There is some speculation that they never proved they were actually harming people. It might be just like all the other scares like fracking, paraquat, swine flu and who knows what.

http://www.eco-imperialism.com/myths...cts-about-ddt/

I'll never try smoking a striper but no problem eating one. They're hard to light up anyway.

[Striper80]

Maybe that will hurt the commercial market down south for them.

[shrimpman steve]

Number one, that was a sickly looking striper

Number two, a very interesting read on DDT. REMINDS ME OF GLOBAL WARMING. Just another political agenda

[NoLimit]

Thats right - after fearing all the doom and gloomers over the past 50 years, I can not recall any of them that came out correct. People I know made themselves sick worrying about drinking whole milk of butter or a steak and now we know it is all BS

[Gerry Zagorski]

The Potomac is a practically a cesspool. I would not eat anything out of it just like I wouldn't eat anything out of Elizabeth/Newark Bay.

That does not mean Stripers in all areas are unfit for consumption... It means resident Stripers that stay in Potomac areas are not fit for consumption.

[Irish Jigger]

Had it last night vacuum sealed since November. It was awesome!!!

[joerosa1]

Originally Posted by NoLimit

Thats right - after fearing all the doom and gloomers over the past 50 years, I can not recall any of them that came out correct. People I know made themselves sick worrying about drinking whole milk of butter or a steak and now we know it is all BS

For over a decade I hadn't eaten an egg trying to watch my cholesterol....went on the Angler and Bob (the cook) told me about a study that debunked the egg "myth". Last year the USDA changed their dietary guidelines noting eggs aren't that bad. Need to use common sense, eating any fish from a polluted waterway may not be a good idea.

[Gerry Zagorski]

There are resident fish and fish that migrate. Resident fish stay were they are and if they stay in those areas I would not eat them... Could some migratory fish from those areas show up off Sandy Hook? Yes, they probably do and will, but they haven't spent their entire lives there.