Chesapeake Bay Numbers

[JFC1]

We knew it, but here it is in official numbers...

https://www.onthewater.com/chesapeake-striped-bass-reproduction-lowest-in-10-years

[Nomad]

Surprised to hear, best Striper  fishing season(spring) I’ve ever had.  

[vdep217]

9 minutes ago, Nomad said:

Surprised to hear, best Striper  fishing season(spring) I’ve ever had.  

Different body of fish

Edited October 15, 2023 by vdep217

[Nomad]

6 minutes ago, vdep217 said:

Different body of fish

Don’t all those fish move north thru NJ in the spring and back down in the fall?

Edited October 15, 2023 by Nomad

[vdep217]

7 minutes ago, Nomad said:

Don’t all those fish move north thru NJ in the spring and back down in the fall?

The fish we get coming into the Hudson are coming in to spawn.  Maybe I'm wrong

Edited October 15, 2023 by vdep217

[JFC1]

I know that Hudson is becoming more and more important. And friends who fish it up north of the Tappan Zee say they were catching large stripers with sea lice in January of this year

[hammer4reel]

2 hours ago, Nomad said:

Don’t all those fish move north thru NJ in the spring and back down in the fall?

Fish you’re catching here for the most part are Hudson stocks , tge Chesapeake stocks are in very bad shape .

‘that’s the reason for all the new regulations.

once fish head east of us the body of fish should be made up of 75% Chesapeake stock , 25% Hudson stock .

 

‘’with Chesapeake stocks bring so low it increases all the pressure on what’s available and that’s the Hudson stocks that luckily are doing well .

‘But the increased pressure they receive the 5 months they aren’t here could crush that fishery also .….

 

 

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[JFC1]

7 hours ago, Nomad said:

Surprised to hear, best Striper  fishing season(spring) I’ve ever had.  

I'm no expert, but the excellent fishing for a time this spring could very well be a function of one of the large, successful, breeding years that's now just beyond slot sized (hence the changes in regs this year to protect them).