Ep. 136 - Saving the Striped Bass with Mike Woods and Chris Borgatti

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Podcast & Blast with Hal Herring

Zack Williams

Outdoors, Wilderness, Sports, Fishing, Outdoor, Hunting, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2022

⏱️ 127 minutes

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Summary

Striped bass are arguably the most important fish – culturally and economically – on the Atlantic seaboard. And right now, anglers are spearheading a push to conserve and rebuild striper populations, which have suffered in recent decades because of overfishing and poor habitat. What’s the future of this iconic Eastern species, and what opportunities can we create to ensure our continued ability to fish for striped bass? Hal talks with Mike Woods, chair of BHA’s New England chapter, recipient of BHA’s Jim Posewitz award and resident of Rhode Island, and Chris Borgatti, BHA’s New York and New England chapter coordinator who hails from Massachusetts, about the past, present and achievable future of striped bass fisheries in the eastern United States. As Chris says, “New England might not have as much public land as in the West, but what’s there is vital to the huge population centers in the East. And it makes the fight for conservation, habitat, access and opportunity even more important.” Join them for a far-reaching conversation that hits on all aspects of the outdoor lifestyle along the New England coast.

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0:00.0	The future of Stripe Bass, while there still is real work that's going to need to be done to bring the, you know, bring the population back in real life,
0:11.0	the management plan that could do that is what we have.
0:15.2	And the reason for that, it's one of those things like I was talking about where you do the work,
0:20.6	the people show up and every one of those people that sent in a letter can look at that
0:24.8	and see that when, you know, in 10 years when we've recovered this fishery, or I should say, you know,
0:29.7	we're in what, 2022 now, so seven years to 2029,
0:34.0	every one of those people ought to look back
0:36.0	and know that they do have the ability
0:38.0	to influence the way natural resources are managed.
0:40.0	And that is a powerful thing.
0:42.0	The things I've recognized over time is that, you know,
0:45.0	in relation to BHA is we might not have as much public land as the West.
0:50.0	What we have is so vital to these huge population centers, which makes that fight for protection,
0:57.1	for habitat, for access, for opportunity, for all those things even more important.
1:08.9	Hey everybody, if you're east of the Mississippi River or you just want to go east of the Mississippi River.
1:09.9	You don't want to miss mustard in the mountains.
1:12.2	It's a BHA event in July 22 through 24th of this year,
1:18.3	2022, this summer. Height of summer at the Bates of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia,
1:24.0	town called Roseland,
1:26.0	and it's going to be at the Devil's Backbone Brewery.
1:30.0	And it's going to be a good time.
1:32.0	There's going to be people hanging out, drinking some cold beers.
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