* You can learn some of this going to regular fisheries management meetings for your area...I know...boooooring.....

* You can also learn by talking to Charter Capts and finding one who will give you an honest take on the numbers he is getting for the last 5-8 years.

* You can also talk to old-timers who lived through the Striped Bass Moratorium....
but if you just started fishing,,,who cares about the Moratorium?

....and what do the Old Timers know....that would benefit me?