Striped bass busts gone wild !!

[Abrasion]

A guy taking an extra striper or a guy fishing 3.1 miles out is not the problem. If any of you actually believe that you are delusional.
The state needs to do a better job policing the commercial guys. A private guy catches say 250 stripers s a season. Commercial guys do that per day, 6 days a week. See example below. That's 1 commercial boat on 1 day.

https://youtu.be/VGnqSD9V8Pg

Here's another one for you..... http://www.onthewater.com/striped-ba...d-in-maryland/

[hammer4reel]

abrasion, with most of the other fisheries commercial fisherman put way more pressure on them than the recreational guys do.
But that is NOT the case with striped bass. there are very few states that allow commercial fishing . ( And NJ doesnt allow it) we put 95% of the pressure on those fish.
a look at any marina fishing for stripers when they are in that spots core area will show you we POUND them hard.
Look at the slaughter boards in Virginia when the bass are stacked up there all winter.
Then again here when the move up the coast.
There are 100 times the boats fishing for them than did 10 years ago.
Mid December there were days there were hundreds of boats bassing along 5 miles of beach.
Just simple math of 4 guys fishing on even just 200 boats is 800 bass at 1 fish per angler when fishing is good a low average of say 16000 pounds of bass.
ADDS up quick.
and actual numbers are probably 5 times that up and down Just our coast here in NJ.

apples to apples how many recs catching 250 bass per season , against 0 fishing comercially in NJ. Who is delusional

Just take 1 charter boat fishing 2 trips a day. catching just 1 fish per angler
12 bass, 7 days a week for 3 months( and most years between spring and fall we get well more time than that)
thats 1080 bass at 20 pound average is over 20000 pounds of bass.
Do you even realize how many charter boats and head boats fish for these fish BESIDES the rest of the recreational fleet ????????




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[Abrasion]

You are delusional if you think a 1 bass limit from NJ is the issue when both their summer and winter grounds both allow commercial fishing. The bigger issue is who the hell eats striped carp? Id rather eat sea robin.

[tombanjo]

Originally Posted by Abrasion

You are delusional if you think a 1 bass limit from NJ is the issue when both their summer and winter grounds both allow commercial fishing. The bigger issue is who the hell eats striped carp? Id rather eat sea robin.

Exactly! I love to hook into anything over 25lbs but would never eat one that size and find little pleasure "fighting" anything smaller. I consider even the slots just blah table fare. I understand tastes differ but not to the point of the mania these smaller fish create where PB's are forced to abandon sure fire jumbo bluefishing to chase around an often frustratingly fickle bass bite all day because hey, carrying 80 on a Tuesday in October sure beats 15, it pays the bills and it's what the people want. Me? I'd rather anchor up offshore and catch 15lb blues until they go on winter break.

[hammer4reel]

Originally Posted by Abrasion

You are delusional if you think a 1 bass limit from NJ is the issue when both their summer and winter grounds both allow commercial fishing. The bigger issue is who the hell eats striped carp? Id rather eat sea robin.

I typed slower so you could follow it .
I never said we were hurting the fishery in any way.
Just that the recreational catch is more substantial thank you think. And no reason to add to it.
The new limit. As well as downsizing bonus tag fish should make for an awesome fishery.
I was glad the limit changed to what it currently is.
While many practice catch and release .lots of breeders in years past were killed just to bang chests at the dock.

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[Abrasion]

Originally Posted by hammer4reel

I typed slower so you could follow it .
I never said we were hurting the fishery in any way.
Just that the recreational catch is more substantial thank you think. And no reason to add to it.
The new limit. As well as downsizing bonus tag fish should make for an awesome fishery.
I was glad the limit changed to what it currently is.
While many practice catch and release .lots of breeders in years past were killed just to bang chests at the dock.

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"we put 95% of the pressure on those fish.
a look at any marina fishing for stripers when they are in that spots core area will show you we POUND them hard."

I didnt think one could be self-delusional, but obviously I stand corrected.

[hammer4reel]

Originally Posted by Abrasion

"we put 95% of the pressure on those fish.
a look at any marina fishing for stripers when they are in that spots core area will show you we POUND them hard."

I didnt think one could be self-delusional, but obviously I stand corrected.

I said we are the ones catching the fish. Never said striper fishery was hurting.
It's best it's been in thirty years.
Let's keep it that way .

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[fishguy]

"Hey! We want to make an area where your not allowed to catch fish. Ok?"

"NO!!! WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FISH ANYWHERE WE WANT!"

"Um, ok. Well, you can't catch striped bass beyond this imaginary 3 mile line we made up."

"OK."



makes sense...

[NoLimit]

Originally Posted by Abrasion

You are delusional if you think a 1 bass limit from NJ is the issue when both their summer and winter grounds both allow commercial fishing. The bigger issue is who the hell eats striped carp? Id rather eat sea robin.

Just had some 42" from the spring- cubed and fried with seasoned bread crumbs, home made cole slaw and home made tarter sauce. Tastes far better than any freshwater fish except walleye. We place it just under Tilefish, Blackfish, winter flounder, and Haddock - better than fluke. Only way to eat bluefish is smoked IMHO

[Abrasion]

Originally Posted by NoLimit

Just had some 42" from the spring- cubed and fried with seasoned bread crumbs, home made cole slaw and home made tarter sauce. Tastes far better than any freshwater fish except walleye. We place it just under Tilefish, Blackfish, winter flounder, and Haddock - better than fluke. Only way to eat bluefish is smoked IMHO

my measurememt of fish taste is salt and pepper maybe so!e olive oil amd imto the oven. if it needs to be fried or soaked or marinated ill pass