SML Striper Growth

[striperaddict]

DITTO

[HokieChad]

Yam, at first I wasn't offended. My initial reaction was "Who is this dude that has fished SML 4 or 5 times and wants to question the biologist who has worked tirelessly to help our fishery?"

Once I figured out your background, I began to understand your method of questioning and how your expertise could be an asset to improve/sustain this fishery.

Well done.

[piper]

My only recommendation would be detailed GPS coordinates of big fish locations so we can all perform necessary analysis.... You know to make sure they are still there and to see if they've grown any. . ...only kidding

[hotdog]

Man, my head hurts!!!!!!!!!!!!

[piper]

This is interesting:

Congress passed the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act in 1984. Maryland and Delaware imposed fishing moratoria from 1985 to 1989, and Virginia imposed a one-year moratorium in 1989. Although the fishery reopened in 1990 following three successful spawning years, it remains tightly restricted.

Today, there's evidence to suggest that the current regulations for most states are again hurting the fishery. Gary Shepherd, NOAA Fisheries' rep on ASMFC's Striped Bass Technical Committee, as follows: "In terms of total number of eggs, the spawning stock is now probably as large as it's ever been. But the big fish are getting cropped off. Most of them are gone by the age of about 15, and stripers can live to 30. So we're limiting their life span to about half." So we're now culling the largest egg producers and probably weeding out heredity traits for producing large fish. .......

[Deleted]

Feb 12, 2014 11:52:20 GMT -5 BentRod said:

Like Bigun says, I'm always gonna be right 

Hey now, I said  "we" .....and besides.....just messin with ya on that part....


very intense topic.......

Without the tone of ones voice or not knowing whether  someone has a sneaky little smile on their face when they post, it's so easy for someone to take a post the wrong way........ we need to add a sub-board titled "GROUP HUG"  so we can all make back up after one of these barn burners.  .....not to imply BentRod took that the wrong way....just using that for an example........

[BentRod]

I could never get mad at you Bigun! Your light comes in handy occasionally!

[Deleted]

Geeeeee!!!!   Thanks!!!!!!

and your buddy has been fishing and catching entirely to many fish in my cove!!!!!!!!

[BentRod]

Who's my buddy?!

[Deleted]

Sorry, didn't actually mean recently.....awhile back mward pm'd  me some pics of  him with some fish in there....would post them up, but when he went all superstriper on  me and deleted my original bigun account, I lost all of my pm's....

[mwardncsu]

That buddy's only caught a few in there this winter. A few more than BentRod, but only a few

[Deleted]

Shame on you!!!!!...but that's ok......i'm having some no wake buoys put in at the mouth of the cove so when you 2 come in there and rob my bait light, i'll more time to catch you.

[BentRod]

I disregard illegal no wake buoys in the dark!

[Shadslinger]

Feb 12, 2014 19:16:59 GMT -5 hotdog said:

Man, my head hurts!!!!!!!!!!!!

you and me both

[Gator]

Wow!! Been away for too long. Just got back from vacation and thought I would check in. Excellent thread and my head is spinning from all of the info here. Glad to be home (snow and all).