Capt Poirer. I do not think that I am way off base. I think that the pressure on the bass population is at an all time high level and I do not think the population will be able to withstand it for too long. What I would like to see is Charter boat captain
s, tackle shop owners, and even commercial fisherman start talking conservation. I would like them to take a long term viewpoint. You guys always are in favor of increasing the catch. All you have to do is look at all of the fish populations in the northe
ast. Except for the striped bass every fish population has been overfished and mismanaged. It does not matter who did the over fishing. For once I would like to see one of you guys say hey, if we don't stop this, slow it down the game may be over. Captain
how much money would you lose if you lost half of your striped bass charters. How many trips for bass did you make in 1987 versus 1997. You still went out for other species in 1987 but those other species have all been over fished. What will you do in a
few years if the bass population goes into a decline. I know retire so you do not have to deal with this any more. Seriosly though consider a longer term conservation view. I saw the bass population deciamted once. History repeats itself. The same factors
are in effect now and people are saying the same things as they did during the bounty of the 1970's. Let's try limiting the overall catch for everyone.