They are at the Cape cod Canal because the charters drove the NJ June fishery into the ground even though we warned em. If you caught a 3rd fish you could have done the PR "released" photo
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They are at the Cape cod Canal because the charters drove the NJ June fishery into the ground even though we warned em. If you caught a 3rd fish you could have done the PR "released" photo
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Lol, we had a 3rd fish last night. Can't grab a pic of everything when these micro "blitzes" now last 5-10 minutes at best...Originally Posted by SharkHart
Their CCC fishery sucks just as bad right now. Drive 4-5 hours North and you can count the number of fish caught on a multi-day trip with one hand. I rather take my chances driving 30 minutes to my backyard fishery that "sucks".
We can sit here and blame NJ charters for everything but during the good years the weigh in lists at the shops were going two pages long from surf guys when the bass pinned the bunker into the jetties but again only 30-50# class fish killed from the surf count.
The MA charter guys do just as much damage along with their commercial fisherman. The Montauk charter crew kills 30-50# bass almost daily all summer long of their rock piles and block island. We can't forget the southern guys who hammer these fish all winter long.
Overharvesting of fish is a community issue, not a boating issue. If the meat head surf guys were still catching they would still be killing.
IMO, this will be the new norm in bass fishing. With as much free info on techniques, locations, habits and migration patterns that are out there now these fish never stand a chance of making a come back because as soon as they start to recover they will get pounded all over again. The only positive is with crappy bass fishing is everyone has switched over to fluking since opening day. We were on prime grounds last night with only 6-8 other boats bass fishing around us.
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