Mike Powers wrote, "...and we need to get North Carolina out of the haul seining business." Wouldn't fighting that be a better concentration of our efforts? Now I'm new to the sport, and am not prepared to get too deep in conservation issues, but I do k
now that in early December while down in Hatteras, I witnessed total decimation of schools of 40# + stripers from the netters. And a lot of these guys did this as a part-time side deal. They would comb the beach in their pickups, watch for the birds, and
then circle their dorie around and wipe them all out. For two weeks, the beach was littered with nets FULL of stripers as big as my leg, gasping in the sand. Truckload after truckload. Very, very few were taken by rod and reel. Where are the big fish u
p here? Sadly enough, I don't think they're making the trip back.