Quote Originally Posted by surfstix1963 View Post
The sad truth is the fish cannot survive this they cannot reproduce and grow fast enough extinction is inevitable will I see it in my lifetime IDK but it will happen,I've loved fishing since I was 3 y/o I've done everything in my eyes that I saw fit to save the fish and try to teach others along the way. I've met some good people in the last 30 years some crazy bassturds too LOL I've had a lot of twists and turns the last 3 years in my life and I have made the decision to call it quits due to injuries.

Surfstix...thanks for your perspective.....

some folks don't want to agree with the words you posted above....but more and more I'm finding it to be the case....
I have adapted my fishing now to go to insane lengths to get bass. These bass, although small schoolies, used to be so easy to find....and now I'm finding one and two at a time.





Some blame the summer weather and temps...but it's been hot before and we still had fish...

Some blame the "bunker shortage" and say we must focus on saving the bunker...while all this year we had more bunker 1/2 mile off many of our beaches, in come cases stretching up to 20 miles.....and not many fish to be found under them...

Some blame the commercial striped bass netters...when the truth, backed by stats, is that the Recs now catch more fish than ever before while the Comm catch has leveled off. Even if you add in the "shadow" catches by Commercial poachers, it does not approach the numbers of bass taken by the Recreational Industry, in aggregate numbers.....

And rather than getting involved, taking a stand, lettting their voices be heard, a large % of Recreational Anglers have cut down on their fishing.......


So, my friend, I don't see your words as a rant, but as the frustration of the small % of folks who have given much effort to try to make a difference.....against a larger % of Anglers who are wallowing in a Sea of Apathy.....




Granted, these meetings are extremely boring, about as exciting as watching paint dry...
But it is our fishing futures (collectively) we are talking about......and the sad thing to me is that although there are guys out there still fighting and getting involved......a larger % has given up or has the attitude "let Jim do it....."