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I know this may end up affecting only a small part of us that use this board but it's the principle involved! Just got a call from a friend in Chapel Hill that does legal work for the S.E.L.C (this dudes a nice person, he loves to fish) and in general conservation it came up that the two groups...

Hi all! A friend gave me this article and I found it a bit disturbing. I haven't noticed a mention of this, so thought I'd post it. Has anyone else heard about this? A friend down the cape caught a few last week and noticed red sores on the fish. What do you all think??

State says striped bass may carry skin disease April 6, 2006 Following an outbreak of a skin disease in striped bass from Chesapeake Bay that can also affect humans, state officials are asking local anglers to keep an eye out as the popular game fish approaches local waters in the next few...

Marine biologists with an interest in striped bass must be walking around with perpetual frowns these days. On the one hand they are concerned about possible overfishing by anglers, and on the other hand they are troubled by the physical and nutritional health of the fish because forage is...