Any fisherpeople here?

[wtg]

From my friend:

Yesterday off the coast. Probably the last hurrah for the year. Striped bass, 36". 20 lbs

Captain Mary, PhD.

She works at a university in Maryland but has a home (and a boat) in New Jersey. She really has a captain's license.

[Mik]

Good eating and lots of it. I enjoy fly and ocean fishing, haven’t done either for several years.

[wtg]

I asked her if he was dinner, but she said she let him go. She said that the big guys eat a lot of menhaden and get fishy tasting. She also said that poaching in the Chesapeake is a problem. The smaller stripers, which are much tastier, are getting netted and sold to restaurants. I guess they're pretty expensive.

My dad used to catch stripers in freshwater lakes around here and we ate them sauteed or smoked. They were quite delicious.

[CHAS]

Have never fished in saltwater. I want to try it.
I have quit ordering Striped Bass. I think they are serving something else too often.

[pique]

@wtg I grew up catching stripers in the Chesapeake Bay. Best tasting fish there is, IMO.