Trolling this year sucked for me, Maybe because I'm more partial to jigging but one thing was for sure, I put away the broomsticks and started pounding the fish deep water jigging.
There will be little to no trolling trips in the future for me and my social crowd.
I do not believe the Striper population is in trouble.
I believe the numbers are down and with good management and good recruiment the stock will bounce back.
The juvenile index has been below average for several years now and until we have positve recruitment the population will stay low.
The striper population being low in number is not enitrely a bad thing. It allows bait fish to grow and replenish thier own stock. You guys just need to eat more bluefish.
And for all the guys that use Spot for bait get ready to chum again, 2 million less spot will impact the stock for a few months.
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