Think we will see Whiting in our lifetime?

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Originally Posted by Blind Archer

Yeah I guess I kinda made it sound like the PB's were the culprits. Not by themselves I must admit ( I helped too!) Before they made their presence known, only us locals and a handful of boats from Staten Island would be on these west end fish. The west end was still off the map to most flat fisherman until the more visable boats showed up. Round shoal would be loaded with fish just comin out of the mud and many never had the chance to drop their eggs. UB was unreal in the spring and pretty good if you had a slow dropping fall water temp.

A lot of us helped..The PB's actually got there late in the game... Just a few years after they moved into the UB [and west] area in the spring, the fish were already in trouble.. When areas are stacked up with fish, no matter what the species, we fisherman seem to get complacent and think they will always be there year after year, all we have to do is go get them.. its just not the case..
Back in the 70's and 80's, I never for one second thought a day would come where I could not go and catch whiting or flounder when the water was cool in the spring, late fall, and winter... I do hope the whiting come back before I'm too old to fish anymore.. Same with winter flounder... bob