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Originally Posted by hammer4reel
Bob you honestly have NO IDEA what’s going on here with our fisheries currently .
Everytime you post many of us laugh , as we are on the water daily , and you haven’t fished here in what decades ?
The amount of giants staying in our waters for approximately 9 months out of the year hasn’t happened before .
Sure there were bluefin here , but not GIANTS in the sheer numbers being seen .
Just like your blackfish posts , about no way the bite would improve in colder water .
Yet if you actually followed the reports here (because you definitely were not fishing for them ) you would have seen when the water hit 50 the blackfish were chewing their heads off .
What happened here in the 80’s isn’t what’s going on here 45 years later .
Lots of guys here who are actually fishing ALOT, and see daily what’s going on .
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OK, got it.. The Bluefin Tuna are eating all the Atlantic Mackerel and Bluefish.. That they never ate, years ago, when all these fish were super abundant.. Thanks for correcting me on that fact.. also thanks for the enlightenment on how GREAT blackfishing is these days, when the water drops down to 40... I see you posted where tog bite like mad when water hits 50... I agree.. I never said they didn't.. I always asserted on these pages that blackfish started shutting down as water dropped into the 40's and below, which leaves december and january out as ""blackfish weather". They can be caught of course in deep water snags and wrecks where they are concentrated, Most guys don't have the capability to fish that way. We can catch sea bass too 90 miles out and its great fishing,, Doesn't mean January is the best time to fish for them..
You can think what you like, but many here have NO idea what fishing was 40-50 years ago because they haven't even reached that age yet.. You might be a "pro" thats out on the water daily. Terrific, you are living a dream I wish I could have attained. Yet long years of experience at another time is also of value. I lived at the NJ shore for years, and like you was on the water day to day. The waters were alive with all kinds of fish in all seasons. Sharks were everywhere, inshore and offshore, unlike today. The massive predators were there, as were the small prey fish. Yes even a 15 pound Blue is prey to a Bluefin.. I doubt the resurgent Bluefin population has very little to do with Atlantic Mackerel and Bluefish populations being so poor compared to decades ago.. Believe what you want, and I respect your pro status, honestly, however I maintain my belief that those populations were decimated by people netting them and people eating them, not by larger fish eating them.. Also, if you honestly think blackfishing is anywhere close to what it was at one time, I don't know what to say other than we'll have to agree to disagree... bob
