Striped Bass Old School Video

[basshunter]

Probably not, from what I understand a lot of people got hurt economically when the stripers weren't here so they were motivated to work for conservation. Nowadays its every man for himself, did you ever see how it is on the jetties in the spring? Combat fishing.

[clamchucker]

Hookset, back then times were different. Folks rallied together and fishermen in clubs were good at even getting people outside the clubs to get involved. In today's society folks are more self centered. I feel a comparison is unfair because of the way we live our lives now.

[voyager35]

Nice video, enjoyed that, thanks.

[rockhopper]

way cool!

[bababooey]

Interesting about finding and categorizing the age of the bass. Thanks finchaser.

[storminsteve]

Yeah, thought that too. Telling how old a fish is from the scales, like the bark of a tree.

[DarkSkies]

Pretty cool, some capts in there said striped bass fishing was not good for 10 years. That's tough to imagine, and it did really happen. Thanks for posting.

Hookset, back then times were different. Folks rallied together and fishermen in clubs were good at even getting people outside the clubs to get involved. In today's society folks are more self centered. I feel a comparison is unfair because of the way we live our lives now.

I think it's time to bring this to the top again.
To me, this news is part of what I know.
Conversations with old-timers on a regular basis help to fill in all the gaps.....







It seems that lately, from some of the internet threads that are out there, that guys are either:
1. Not aware of the extent to which this fishery declined.
2. The unprecedented steps that had to be taken to get it back to normal.
3. How easy it was for the stocks to be hammered and go into a decline because at that time few fishermen cared about the future, beyond the week ahead.....
4. Now, it seems that people see schools of bass, in areas and times that they don't normally show up in, and automatically assume that the biomass is healthy and expanding.

6. They fail to see that these bass may be more concentrated in one place, because they didn't make it to their winter or seasonal migration area.

7. The end result is that there appear to be more bass because some of us are seeing more than we usually do....
8. A study of migration patterns and forage migration, as outlined here, will give folks a better perspective on why some of these things happen.




Remember, those who do not remember the mistakes of the past, are condemned to repeat it.....
Please don't be a part of history repeating itself, educate yourselves....you might be surprised at what you learn....

[7deadlyplugs]

6. They fail to see that these bass may be more concentrated in one place, because they didn't make it to their winter or seasonal migration area.

7. The end result is that there appear to be more bass because some of us are seeing more than we usually do....
8. A study of migration patterns and forage migration, as outlined here, will give folks a better perspective on why some of these things happen.




Remember, those who do not remember the mistakes of the past, are condemned to repeat it.....
Please don't be a part of history repeating itself, educate yourselves....you might be surprised at what you learn....

Great points, thank you and finchaser too.
Cool video too.

[fishinmission78]

Thanks for the outline, made it a lot simpler to watch.

[fishinmission78]

Probably not, from what I understand a lot of people got hurt economically when the stripers weren't here so they were motivated to work for conservation. Nowadays its every man for himself, did you ever see how it is on the jetties in the spring? Combat fishing.

Amen to that basshunter, its like every big spring bass has a $100,000 tag attached to its head. People go nuts out on the jetties. Cool video finchaser, thanks for posting.

[plugaholic]

Wow I couldn't imagine striped bass being shut down,. thank you for sharing that.

[clamchucker]

Plugaholic, there is a saying, those who do not remember the mistakes of the past are destined to repeat them. That certainly applies here. Learn from this video.

[porgy75]

Yes thanks for posting guys.

[CharlieTuna]

Nice documenting of the past. Great warning from clamchucker.

[nitestrikes]

X2

[clamchucker]

Nice documenting of the past. Great warning from clamchucker.

Thank you Charlie Tuna. These things are easy to predict if you have lived through it once before. All we have to do is be a little extra vigilant now and the striper would not be overfished. We would not need another moratorium if folks would just keep one bass per trip instead of 2. Unfortunately with the greed as it is today this will not happen without government intervention.

[voyager35]

Plugaholic, there is a saying, those who do not remember the mistakes of the past are destined to repeat them. That certainly applies here. Learn from this video.

Thank you clamchucker.