Bob the spikes are coming from somewhere. For the old timers on this site, check out John Skinner's video in the below link which was filmed May of this year. Sit back and enjoy, it'll bring back memories of just how fantastic weak fishing was, how it still can be if properly management and certainly give hope we get a second chance at rebuilding what once was an amazing fishery that was destroyed. Every inshore stock with predictable migration patterns and inshore spawning is subject to exploitation if not managed properly. Protect the tide runner breeders, protect the spawn, regulate harvest and this fishery will flourish the same as any fishery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCZH97CJap8

Not exactly sure where the video was filmed, my guess would be Long Island Sound or the general Montauk area.

Either way, some of those thousands if not millions of spikes are obviously getting through and promoting the future of the stock. Hopefully this time around, measures are put in place to manage the stock properly and we learn from our mistakes. Also take note of the comments below the video, sounds like weakfish are staging a comeback in other areas as well. Would be a tremendous success story if this fishery was revived to what it once was.