How to Get More Bass

The striped bass fishery on the Hudson River is something that we have herd about numerous time throughout the semester, but I thought that I would add yet another post about the striped bass fishery. http://www.stripers247.com/phpBB2/showpost.php?p=50957&postcount=2 provides what I assume is a fairly accurate list off all of the guides and charter captain that target stripers in the Hudson River. Most if not all of these people are dependent on the fish to earn a living, so therefore it is important that they maintained. As I have stated in class it may actually be helping the striped bass population that there is a health advisor against the consumption of them. However this may not be the case, http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/commentary/News/2003/2003-0325-NYT-pcbsandstripers.htm, provides a link to a NY times article that talks about the effects of PCB’s to the stripers. The article opened my eyes to what is truly happening. I think that it is amazing that the populations of bass as actually booming the way that they currently are.

I also am including my stripper that I caught beacuse I can, and no its not a Hudson striper