Febuary Bass! Are we on schedule?

[Urban Angler]

http://youtu.be/rZmhNAEhDJQ

[njfisherman1975]

Nice fish...someone smiling down from up above...

[tombanjo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CpEla1G0Jo

Whetting the appetite.

[Capt Sal]

Nice video! Where is the 40lb bass?

Isn't that closed season until march?

[nancy corigan]

Originally Posted by AustinS

Isn't that closed season until march?

You are allowed to catch and release in the closed season.

[Urban Angler]

Originally Posted by AustinS

Isn't that closed season until march?

We do not keep any fish in our north jersey rivers ....and we really think twice about chowing down on ocean runners .. just due to the fact we catch tagged fish from other states in the Passaic and Hackensack rivers....so think again when eating that big cow, that one winter or summer dine on some of those delicious bait buffets of our east cost rivers(all of them are polluted) just release as many as possible and eat the deep hooks.

[nancy corigan]

Originally Posted by Capt Sal Cathy Sea Charters

Nice video! Where is the 40lb bass?

They are being beat up and raped by the small charter boats off NC and the Chesapeake, and soon the guys up North will do the same.

But the numbers are dwindling very fast. This is shaping up like the collapse back in the 80's when it was do to Commercial fishing only this time it's the small charter and private boats that are doing what they hated the commercial guys doing.

Any other questions?

[tombanjo]

Originally Posted by nancy corigan

They are being beat up and raped by the small charter boats off NC and the Chesapeake, and soon the guys up North will do the same.

But the numbers are dwindling very fast. This is shaping up like the collapse back in the 80's when it was do to Commercial fishing only this time it's the small charter and private boats that are doing what they hated the commercial guys doing.

Any other questions?

What are your sources for the "dwindling fast" assertion? Seems to me striper fishing had been strong as ever until Sandy hit. One hopes the fishery isn't as fragile as you claim and no doubt an eye should be kept on it but where's the proof it's in trouble now?

There's also no comparison with a 2 (3) fish per man limit on a six pack to the devestation that the commercial guys wrought.

[Capt Sal]

Originally Posted by nancy corigan

They are being beat up and raped by the small charter boats off NC and the Chesapeake, and soon the guys up North will do the same.

But the numbers are dwindling very fast. This is shaping up like the collapse back in the 80's when it was do to Commercial fishing only this time it's the small charter and private boats that are doing what they hated the commercial guys doing.

Any other questions?

Should we release all stripers?If at all possible i encourage the release of large bass.Some anglers come in from out of state to striper fish.If the charter only catches large bass they are in the box.If we have smaller fish mixed in we take the smaller fish for the table.If you think that charter boats are ruining the striper fishery you are wrong.Negative posts like yours do not help the for hire industry.I totally disagree with your assesment of the striper stocks.It is 50 times as good as the eighties.We should all be conservation minded but also be realistic.More stripers are out past the three mile line then ever.That is there protection.I also noticed you did not mention party boats.Are they also culprits?The stripers are there for us to harvest and the recreational fisherman are the reason we have a striper fishery!!!!!! This is my opinion after chasing bass for more than 50 years.Opionated, you bet.