Stripers Forever Mid-Atlantic - beginning in 2003 SF has done an annual survey of our members' fishing success for the season as well as soliciting their opinions on desired regulatory changes for striped bass. This survey is an important part of our work since it shows our fishery managers how the public perceives the trends in the quality of this important fishery.
SF needs your help. There are two easy was to fill out the survey; just follow these steps:
EITHER
1. Go to our website www.stripersforever.org~and double click the attached fishing survey Word document, save it to your computer desktop and fill it out.
3. Then attach your completed survey to an e-mail back to us here at
OR
You can just click "reply" and fill out the survey that you’ll find below in this e-mail and then send it back to us. ~We'll take care of the rest on this end.
If you have signed up to receive information for multiple states you may receive more than one survey request. There is no need to respond more than once.
Your input is valuable. Please take 10 minutes and do this for the striped bass. Brad Burns
Stripers Forever 2008 Survey (click reply then fill out and send)
Delete the wrong answers leaving your final answer, except for #1,2,3 and #16
My Name - e-mail -
Town - State –
State of the fishery:
1. I fish mostly in the following town of in the state of .
2. I fish from a boat what percentage of the time %.
3. I have fished regularly for stripers for this many years .
4. In my opinion striper fishing in the past five years has changed as follows:
much worse, worse, stayed the same, improved somewhat, improved greatly
5. The average size of the stripers that I catch now has changed as follows:
much smaller, somewhat smaller, no change, somewhat larger, much larger
6. The number of stripers I catch per hour of fishing time on the water is:
many fewer, fewer, about the same, more, many more
7. Because of the changes in the striped bass fishery my inclination to take a professionally guided striped bass trip has changed as follows:
less likely, about the same, more likely
Bag and size limits, conservation:
8. Forgetting for a moment current striped bass regulations, and starting with a clean sheet, I think that recreational anglers should be able to
keep at least one school striper (possibly different from state to state, but probably between 18 and 28 inches in length) per day for personal consumption. ~~Yes, ~No
9. If you answered yes to #8, should this smaller fish be allowed instead of, or in addition to, a bass of some larger size? ~~~Instead of, ~In addition to
10. If you answered no to #8 what should the minimum size be? ~28”, ~32”, ~36”, ~40”
11. Do you think we should have a slot limit for recreationally caught stripers? ~~Yes, ~No
12. If you said yes, indicate the slot size that is closest to your preference. 20”–26”, ~22”– 28”, or ~~~24”-30”
13. When commercial fishing is ended, what percentage of the current commercial quota should be saved from harvest as a conservation buffer? ~The rest would be used to liberalize the recreational harvest. ~25%, ~50%, ~75%, ~100%
14. Would you favor legislation that creates a striped bass stamp costing between $10.00 and $25.00 per year with the funds earmarked to buyout the current commercial fishery? Yes, No
15. If you answered yes to #14, should this stamp program end after a fixed number of years, or should the fee continue to fund enforcement and striped bass enhancement programs. end, continue
16. My personal comments on striped bass management that you have not covered are?
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Guides Section: note that your answers above are also appreciated.
17. How has your guiding business for striped bass changed because of the fishery in the last five years? worsened considerably, worsened a little, not changed, improved somewhat, improved a great deal
18 How important is keeping a striped bass to your clients? not very important, somewhat important, very important
19. How important to your clients is catching a lot of stripers per trip? not very important, somewhat important, very important
20. How important is catching a really large striper to your clients? not very important, somewhat important, very important
21. Which is more important to my clients, catching big fish or catching a lot of fish? big fish, many fish
22. I am more likely than I was 5 years ago to make new investments in equipment for my striped bass guiding business? Yes, No
23. My comments as to how the management of striped bass is affecting my guiding business:
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