Febuary Bass! Are we on schedule?

[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.