No stripers in NC yet to speak of - good news for the population and MD fishery?

[Capt.Nick]

Recs.,comms.,tourneys, 1 fish limits,2 fish limits,3 mile limits,poachers,cullers,pollution,dead zones,omega,mother nature.We'll never run out of fishery problems to try to solve.

[shaddart2004]

You're right Capt Nick, not as long as everyone takes up battle stations. If each group offered up concessions as required based on the scientific evidence, it would be a much more manageable and sustainable fishery. Men and wolves have a natural proclivity for protecting their turf.

JimRockfish,You have my vote to be the CZAR of all those groups mentioned and as an added bonus the new Chief Angler of TF.Lets get it done for the sake of the fish and cut all the crap out.

[blue lou]

Thanks much. We better get this done while Brandon is still away. Who is with me??????

"Shut up and ring the f#(k!#g bell, you pansi!"

[Brandon]

I do not know what it means "while I am away". Believe it or not there is internet access in other parts of the world If we took a look around outside our great state of Maryland we would realize that we're behind the times on some things, i.e. most other coastal states ban nets. Some might say it's a coincidence the fishing is awesome in these places, some others might suggest that that lack of nets has helped the fish populations increase. But, what do I know.


I might also suggest that before we pick on any one group we look at the regulators that allow what anyone is doing to happen. I was interviewed for a short film that is coming out on the menhaden commercial boondoggle that we have had going on in the bay for so long and the interviewer asked me if I was mad at the guys on the large menhaden boats and I responded, "I am not mad for a single moment at those guys, they are trying to make a living and doing something that is legal. My problem is with the people and system that allow it to go on." The point is that being mad at gil netters, pound netters, MSSA, CCA, or any other group, is not going to change all that much if what they are doing is legal. The issue and where real change happens is with the agency that makes the laws to allow things to happen. I only offer it as something for people to think about.

[klgladhill]

Believe it or not there is internet access in other parts of the world i.

Internet access in other parts of the world......Can't be true!!!! We have to do something!! Were falling behind, Quick.. knee jerk reaction...

[Harlan seller]

What about tournaments? I'm a rec fishermen and fish in tournaments; I enjoy them but I've always felt the rules could be restructured as they have grown in size and number. Boatyard Bar & Grill is one model. I've never heard you say anything about this topic and don't mean to put you on the spot, so think about it. The thing that has always troubled me is that the C&K tournaments target females, not just females but the biggest, most productive breeders

JimRock,
That is the whole part of getting the tourney updates. You know where you need to be to get in the money.
If you don't reach the lowest weight, you're only meat fishing then.
Most guys will keep whatever they catch anyway - tourney or not. No matter what the size. Prove me wrong here.
As someone else has mentioned in this thread, whether you're in a tourney or not you're still only allowed to keep one fish per angler. I will be fishing whether I enter a tourney or not and will do my best to try to get my one fish/person.

Jim

[gradymania]

Saw it firsthand as a young man in the early 70's on the beaches of the outerbanks: piles of huge bluefish left to rot on the sand. Nobody wanted them to eat but were too lazy to return them to the water. gulls had a feast, stank to high heaven. Beach based netters would move into an area where surf fisherman began catching a few, take out their beach boats, and haul nets loaded with fish AND FISHERMAN, back to the beach. I know this first hand, i had my hands on the top chord of the nets and felt the bass bump into me. Park rangers stood by and did nothing. When the processors got overloaded with fish, the price per pound dropped to pennies. Nobody cared and I guess the kind of people down there still dont.

[Matt]

There is a definite lack of stripers in NC because of the warm water temps and the fish have not moved that far south yet

Were many fish off the northeast coast this fall?