Where have all the Stripers gone?
The most important game fish in local waters is in deep trouble. The writer, a renowned fisherman and longtime conservation columnist for
Salt Water Sportsman, thinks he knows why.
Scuttlebutt and bad news have the tendency to travel faster than good news or the real facts. That’s human nature and nowhere is it truer than around the docks, where all anglers become possessive about their favorite quarry. When something changes for striped bass, New England’s premier sport fish, and that change is perceived to be bad news, you can be sure the sky will soon be predicted to fall.
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