EnCon what do we as sportsman need to do to get some bunker regulations past? In the western sound I watch our harbors get depleted of bunker in just a few weeks. This ruins the fishing for the rest of the year. Obviously if there's no forage for the predators to eat, they will move on. I watch as bunker boat after bunker boat comes into CT waters from NY and take thousands of bunker every day. I have witnessed the local PD's as well as the DEP officers try to stop this practice, but when they confront the NY cast-netters they simply say the bunker are for their own use and not being sold. This is both ridiculous and furstrating. This could be curtailed if say a person was allowed 25 bunker per day per person. I mean with four guys on the boat that would equal 100 bunker per day. I don't know anyone who would need more than that in a day. With the amount of money we spend on such a short season, I'm ready to pack it up and sell the boat. Bunker are a staple for all predators, especially striped bass. This is why we are seeing so many more long and thin females. Many biologists feel that these thinner bass are more susceptible to Mycobacteria, which threatens to wipe Striped Bass from our waters. The economic impact of something like this would be devastating for anyone involved in the fishing/boating community. Lets figure out a way to take a stand before its too late.

Are the rumors true? Will there be a bunker/menhaden posession limit implemented next year?

I called Dave Simpson and found him to be very professional and extremely knowledgeable. We discussed bunker regs proposal and what is currently liked by most people