Where the bay stripers went last year! Must read!!

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[QUOTE=IdidntDoit]Now you know why the stripers were not in the bay last year. They never made it back from the Hudson river. But NY keeps uping the size limit.

This is something I did not even think was going on in NY effecting NJ waters.



I found the article a must read and thanks for posting I find it unbelievable that there is not more outrage. This is the second time in a week that I read on this site that a fishing organization is calling for the restriction or exclusion of a fishery just because they thinks so. No science no landing data......just call and write your politician to restrict fishing. Unreal. I will be going to Washington to protest less injustice against fisherman. Do you think our politicians may get a little confused when they get called by the same people and are asked to support a bill to close one fishery and then called the following week to fight to reopen seabass and if they dont they have lost your vote Things will improve for all when real science ,real landings, and real quotas are used to manage our fisheries. BTW The NY commercial season was originally closed due to pollution(PCB) and not overfishing.

[IdidntDoit]

I also fish on many party boats and come home with nothing but do catch fish that go back.. like 27 1/2" too small and crindge each time. If i am on my buddies boat the same thing happens also with the fluke!!! I only keep whats legal and I close my eyes when putting a 17 7/8" flike over the side/ I dod not support the report but only did not know they were taking bass out of the river. Also the shad is alsmost gone due to pressuers and also in the Delawere river where thousand of our dollare went to bring the shad back in that river but are takine in the ocean... So where does it all stop when there is no fish to get? Our rec money goes to bring the fish back and the rec fisherman are the ones that keep taking it on the chin! So are the conercial guys also taking the fish out of the Hudson where it hit the bay also?

We all got to keep informed on what NY is doing because it sttects NJ waters also!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

keeping informed is the olly way we can stop the dum crap the special groups restrict us all!

[IdidntDoit]

Why is the post not coning up as being posted today????