Chesapeake gets shafted

[TheFishSlayer]

http://news.maryland.gov/dnr/2016/02...pens-april-16/

[SaltLife1980]

Damn. One fish and 35 inches is crazy

[mike1010]

It would be interesting to know what logic is behind that, if any.

[Capt Sal]

The striper is there state fish. They should of taken care of the bunker reduction boats and stopped all the illegal gill netters.When we were throwing fish back they were allowed to keep two at fish 20".Stripers are migratory and Maryland does not own the stock. Maryland is by far the biggest offender of Illegally harvested stripers. If it is there state fish why don't the give it game fish status and stop all netting in every form? New jersey did it but i guess they are the priveledged state!

[CCMPmonmouth]

Originally Posted by SaltLife1980

Damn. One fish and 35 inches is crazy

Fairly positive it was 1 fish 36 inches in NJ for quite awhile.

[Walleyed]

Originally Posted by Capt Sal

The striper is there state fish. They should of taken care of the bunker reduction boats and stopped all the illegal gill netters.When we were throwing fish back they were allowed to keep two at fish 20".Stripers are migratory and Maryland does not own the stock. Maryland is by far the biggest offender of Illegally harvested stripers. If it is there state fish why don't the give it game fish status and stop all netting in every form? New jersey did it but i guess they are the priveledged state!

1 @ 35" is only for their spring season (4/16 to 5/15) ...summer and fall (5/16 to 12/20), they still get to keep 2; 1 over 20" and 1 over 28".

They're not getting shafted.

[Capt Sal]

Originally Posted by Walleye Wisherman

1 @ 35" is only for their spring season (4/16 to 5/15) ...summer and fall (5/16 to 12/20), they still get to keep 2; 1 over 20" and 1 over 28".

They're not getting shafted.

Way better than what we have!

[Joey Dah Fish]

They have also destroyed their blue claw population another source of food

[Blind Squirrel]

Originally Posted by TheFishSlayer

http://news.maryland.gov/dnr/2016/02...pens-april-16/

The alternative's a fishery that's essentially wiped out, as I recall back in the '70s and '80s. 5- or 10-fish daily limits mean nothing when no one's catching even one.
http://www.stripersonline.com/surfta...s-regulations/

[teddysclaw]

They deserve to get shafted for how poorly they manage their striper stock. Little to no enforcement of harvest, legal or illegal. I'm actually for even tighter restrictions regarding Maryland. It's an embarrassment how little they care about their striper stocks.

Title should read, Chesapeake gets what they deserve.