I absolutely think there are more people fishing. I have never seen so many boats this time of year...I've only been on the bay 4 or so years but saw a dip then it come back up last year, looking like it's gonna be more crowded this year...

I think one thing this PSC&R debate did was alert more people to what a good fishery we have that time of year...even saw some charters out the the other day...so it kind of back fired, they try to "cut the effort" well it brought to light a fishery many were not utilizing...

that coupled with the cheap boat prices, I have talked to a bunch of people who never would have bought a boat before that have now bought boats and are fishing because they are so cheap...

long winded answer for YES