Random thoughts after fishing and no sleep....

So if the Striped Bass population is in trouble (it is since the regulations are changing), why didn't they change the regulations immediately? Don't they do that with other species?

Is anyone surprised that the Striped Bass fishing has declined? Guys like Finchaser have been warning us for years.

Lots of people complaining or whining about how good things were and how bad the catching is now. Well now that the catching will be getting worse just get over it, it is what we (recreational, charter, party boats and commercial people) made it. Just fish, have fun, and shut up. Do something constructive, like write letters to have Tom Fote exiled.

Is 2014 the year Darkskies officially stopped targeting Stripers in lieu of his beloved Bluefish?

Over the next few years what will be considered "epic fishing", will the bar be lowered? Is a cow bass still a 50 lb bass? Or will we start considering a cow to be a 30 lb bass?

Striped Bass fishing at Sandy Hook, is the False Hook (rip) the new gay hangout? like the old rest areas on highways used to be? Seems like guys like to get real close and cuddly there. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

Why don't they make circle hooks mandatory (Finchaser idea I believe)?

Tom Fote is New Jersey's biggest enemy to Striped Bass. How the heck is he still representing this state???

Fishermen on Long Island are a heck of a lot more friendly than New Jersey.