North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries news release:
Overloaded Fishing Net Causes Striped Bass Spill
MOREHEAD CITY – An overloaded fishing net prompted fishermen on a commercial trawler to release thousands of striped bass they caught Saturday off of Bodie Island.
After towing through a school of striped bass, fishermen on the commercial trawler Jamie Lynn found the net was so full it was too heavy to bring onto the boat. In order to retrieve the net, the fishermen had to open it and release the fish, the boat captain said.
The boat captain estimated 3,000 to 4,000 fish were released from the net. Many recreational and commercial fishermen picked up the discarded fish. When Marine Patrol officers arrived on the scene, there were approximately 250 dead fish.
NCDMF News Release
More important, at least in my opinion anyway is that for the second winter in a row NC has experienced a cold stun event that has killed off thousands & thousands of speckled trout.
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