Johnsfolly Posted Friday at 09:03 PM Share Posted Friday at 09:03 PM More bad news for the stripers in the Chesapeake. Are we looking at another complete moratorium in the Bay/Eastern seaboard like back in the eighties? https://www.wboc.com/news/more-striped-bass-restrictions-possible-for-chesapeake-bay-fisheries/article_abca55b6-9231-11ef-ab45-97bc3b3c59ef.html dpitt and BilletHead 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillback Posted Friday at 09:17 PM Share Posted Friday at 09:17 PM Do they have a reason for the decline? Overfishing? Loss of spawning habitat? Blue cats? Johnsfolly and dpitt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrierman Posted Friday at 10:27 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:27 PM The biologists will figure it out. Hope the politicians get on board with taking care of a fishery. Sometimes, just knowing the answer to a question isn't enough. Other times we humans do OK. Johnsfolly and Daryk Campbell Sr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpitt Posted Friday at 10:28 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:28 PM That's a bummer, had a chance to take a fly fishing trip in Chesapeake bay, got caught in a wicked storm on way back to the boat ramp, very Nautical, giant swells. We where in a 20' skiff, new it was dicey conditions, guide had to work the throttle to handle the swells and following seas. He was cool as a cucumber, kind of like when you check out the body language of a flight crew when things get wonky on a flight. That is until we got back the ramp, where he admitted he was a bit worried, we where all soaked Other than that, very beautiful and fishey place. BilletHead, Daryk Campbell Sr, Quillback and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rps Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago Michner wrote a book on the Chesapeake. His introduction were always the most interesting. dpitt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnsfolly Posted 5 minutes ago Author Share Posted 5 minutes ago On 10/25/2024 at 5:17 PM, Quillback said: Do they have a reason for the decline? Overfishing? Loss of spawning habitat? Blue cats? Jeff looks like all the above and more. A recent study showed up to 49% mortality from catch and release. I've heard from a reliable source that blue cats were seen having a feeding frenzy on striper spawn after the cats followed the bass up the spawning creeks. Recruitment has dropped dramatically over the last ten years. There has been higher recruitment in the populations spawning in the Hudson River than the bay. Menhaden, aka bunker, overfishing in the mouth of the Bay in VA has dropped the numbers that reach the upper Bay that are a high energy forage for juvenile and adult stripers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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