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Originally Posted by Btmfeder
Nice report. I fish the bays a fair bit, too, and I've noticed it's gotten tougher and tougher to scratch out much in the way of quality OR quantity. Aside from the dredging activity, do you think more people are fishing the bays and keeping what they catch? That's a quick way to ruin a fishery on species that aren't migrating. Not what it used to be even a few years ago.
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Thanks. I'm sure spotties are being kept. When I used to tube the place "some" tubers told me that they keep the fish and that they taste good. I think it's that and a combination of both poor fish handling and increase in pressure that may be affecting the population.