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#1 Oct-14-20 5:54PM
- Ernie
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2020 Maryland Striper Young of Year recruitment (bay).
Not great news for stripers in the bay...
The 2020 Maryland Young of Year recruitment index is 2.48.
2.48 isnt the worst in 60+ years, but its close
2.48 is 4% of the 1996 year
2.48 is 5% of the 2001 year
2.48 is 7% of the 2011 year class
2.48 is 10% of the 2015 year class
Time to go fishin' again!
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#2 Oct-14-20 6:22PM
Re: 2020 Maryland Striper Young of Year recruitment (bay).
Took too long for science and ASMFC to catch up with what the rec. fishermen already knew. There's a reason why trophy seasons have been down for the last several years. Populations came back in the 80's with a total moratorium, maybe the current harvest restrictions will be good enough for another come back. Here's hoping.
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#3 Oct-15-20 5:51AM
- hookup
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Re: 2020 Maryland Striper Young of Year recruitment (bay).
Do not like the slope of the trend line
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#4 Oct-15-20 6:03AM
- Ernie
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Re: 2020 Maryland Striper Young of Year recruitment (bay).
Bob is right...we've been sounding the alarm for years as we could clearly see the slippery slope.
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#5 Oct-15-20 6:27AM
- Junger
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Re: 2020 Maryland Striper Young of Year recruitment (bay).
I used to do an annual summer charter for schoolies with my family, and even went out for the trophies once in a while, but no more. There's no fun in it when you know they're hurting.
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#6 Oct-15-20 6:32AM
- Ernie
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Re: 2020 Maryland Striper Young of Year recruitment (bay).
Agreed, the only time I go after them now is late fall. When they are fat and sassy! But I release them anyway.
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#7 Oct-15-20 7:42AM
- drxfish
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Re: 2020 Maryland Striper Young of Year recruitment (bay).
Sad to see.
Always wishin' I was fishin'
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#8 Oct-15-20 9:36AM
- Paul Naj
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Re: 2020 Maryland Striper Young of Year recruitment (bay).
Yikes, that is really poor recruitment given how many large fish are still in the system compared to the 80's and 90's. I know the biomass is way lower than "it should be", but far less fish produced more YOY in the past.
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#9 Oct-15-20 11:07AM
- Curly
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Re: 2020 Maryland Striper Young of Year recruitment (bay).
Tell all those bay striper fishermen that there are NO stripers in LKA! 
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