Stripers Forever In The News In Maine

[BUCKTAIL WILLIE]

Stripers Forever members - this summer, anglers in many areas along the Atlantic coast are finding stripers much harder to come by. This is the result of overfishing incited by commercial influences on the management of striped bass. Nowhere is this dearth of fish felt more dramatically than in Maine, the far northern end of the stripers' normal migratory range. Recently Maine TV personality, Bill Green did a brief segment on this very subject which aired in Southern Maine on Tuesday, August 4. If you missed it, here is a link to the show which features comments by Brad Burns, President of Stripers Forever.
http://www.wcsh6.com/video/default.aspx?maven_playerId=articleplayer&maven_referralPlaylistId=playlist&maven_referralObject=812512516 (http://www.wcsh6.com/video/default.aspx?maven_playerId=articleplayer&maven_referralPlaylistId=playlist&maven_referralObject=812512516)

Maine isn't teh ONLY State seeing a down turn in stripers this year:mad:

[fishhard]

We all really need to become more aware of this issue at hand with the potential decrease in the overall stock. We have seen the images of people in other states working the beach with their nets and taking loads of bass right out of the surf. The Stripers forever origination wants to ensure the longevity of the stock so I encourage you to check out the web site and become more aware of the pressure the strip bass is under. some might say they had a banner year and the stock is as strong as it has ever been but the reality is a lot of people had their worst year to date and if things keep going the way they are it is only going to get worse.

this is the link:
http://www.stripersforever.org/Info/index

[RyanF]

Good little news story, but an off the topic question I have is how can he conclude that because he is at the northern most point of their range that all the fish they see up there are Chesapeake stock? Is he referring to the commercial fishing in the southern states because Deleware and Hudson fish winter down there too.

Either way, I think it is going to be tough to convince people of this with the bunker action we saw this spring. A complete goog could have landed a fish off the beach this fall and felt like a pro. Personally, I had a better than average spring after a SLOW start.

Either way, no one can argue that people are taking way too many large fish in the recreational sector without even bringing the commercials into it.

RyanF

[fishhard]

The Fisherman Mag had a very good article on this same subject this week, it’s a must read.

[Fishguts]

Has anybody here ever used their bonus tag?Is anybody wondering where the NJ bonus tag quota comes from?......Its what is set aside for the commercial season,but since bass are declared a game fish in NJ and can not be fished commercially we get to keep the extra fish with our bonus tag.Funny how the guy with a net is the bad guy causing the fishery collapse and and the guy with the rod and reel gets his picture on the front page of a mag all while killing the same fish from the same school.Maybe we better start drawing horns on the guys that use their bonus tags LOL:D. In a WELL managed fishery its ok to fully utilize the resource(keep and eat).The key is to keep it a well managed fishery. IMHO when the guy from Stripersforever starts babbling about the nets with out qualifying the statement with total allowable catch for the fishery the rest of the article is pointless.Sorry to here that the fishing is a little slow in Maine:(.I do not think they have had a good bluefish run in about 5 years.Maybe that fishery is about to collapse also.

[BILLO]

Stripers Forever members - this summer, anglers in many areas along the Atlantic coast are finding stripers much harder to come by. This is the result of overfishing incited by commercial influences on the management of striped bass. Nowhere is this dearth of fish felt more dramatically than in Maine, the far northern end of the stripers' normal migratory range. Recently Maine TV personality, Bill Green did a brief segment on this very subject which aired in Southern Maine on Tuesday, August 4. If you missed it, here is a link to the show which features comments by Brad Burns, President of Stripers Forever.

http://www.wcsh6.com/video/default.aspx?maven_playerId=articleplayer&maven_referralPlaylistId=playlist&maven_referralObject=812512516 (http://www.wcsh6.com/video/default.aspx?maven_playerId=articleplayer&maven_referralPlaylistId=playlist&maven_referralObject=812512516)



Maine isn't teh ONLY State seeing a down turn in stripers this year:mad:

Haven't viewed this as yet but i must add this to ponder -- Has anyone been doing any counts/studies on Stripers that are roaming the ocean past the 3 mile limit ? I bring this up because I have been hearing for years (since the mid 90's) of all the huge schools of stripers being seen/noted by many commercial boats in the early winter months in that it has seemed that many,many stripers are/have been migrating farther off-shore since the 90's. With the increase of one of their main predators(purpoises) constantly marauding the shorelines up and down the east coast all spring,summer and fall - I wonder if some (if not many) stripers have changed their habitat location to beyond the 3 mile zone to escape the purpoises and perhaps come in close to feed at times then simply escape back to less-predator-filled waters(past 3 mi.). Increased pollution and above normal storm runoffs/agricultural runoffs and below normal water temps close to shore(especially this year as we know) probably will/would-have/ keep them further off shore than normal ??

[SunGoddess]

We all really need to become more aware of this issue at hand with the potential decrease in the overall stock. We have seen the images of people in other states working the beach with their nets and taking loads of bass right out of the surf. The Stripers forever origination wants to ensure the longevity of the stock so I encourage you to check out the web site and become more aware of the pressure the strip bass is under. some might say they had a banner year and the stock is as strong as it has ever been but the reality is a lot of people had their worst year to date and if things keep going the way they are it is only going to get worse.

this is the link:
http://www.stripersforever.org/Info/index (http://www.stripersforever.org/Info/index)

Totally agreed. I fish in the DE Bay and its been very quiet this year than past years. I hope to see a change this fall and that it was just the weather (and water temps). And not the population of Stripers going gone. :(

[Get-Da - Nette]

Have striper fished in Maine ( Southwest Harbor ) right outside of Bar Harbor and have had some really nice fish!!! Fresh fish and lobster for dinner!!!!!:)

[crojo]

it's all about finding the fish, they do change there habits every once on awhile

[B-faithful]

sorry they are having a tough year in maine. i wonder if the unusually cold water allowed the fish to not go as far north during their migratory run as i understand RI and LI are have one the best years on big bass in a long time. i know after last years late run of bass due to the unusually warm water last fall, i am hoping for an early run this year :)