Striped bass busts gone wild !!

[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.