[Togfather2530]

Thanks guys for all your replies. I only really posted initially to see if the prowler captain was planning on fishing for blackfish this season or if he was going to abandon it. He always went to blackfish instead of stripers before. I do agree with you, Bob 100%. As far as the water temps go that was the same nonsense e No verybody talked about with the flounder instead of admitting that the fishery sucks. I understand the dogfish issue. They can be a pain in the ass, but when I was striper fishing under tons and tons of bunker, the one time I got out this year I was catching nothing but dogfish and couldn’t get any stripers to hit and all the other boats had the same results. More or less these dogfish are a problem with either fishery when they are there. As far as the water temps go, I have not been able to fish for several weeks. I don’t even know what the water temps are, but to me that’s nonsense. If they are warmer, of course you’re focusing shallower and moving deeper as it gets colder. Either way you should be able to find fish somewhere. I haven’t read hardly any blackfish reports on this forum this year. I don’t think the blackfish fishery will be good for very much longer.