Talk:Striped bass

64.105.207.37 21:04, 2 April 2007 (UTC)Nadine–

I don't know how useful the bottom text is. Any comments? It is dated, nobody uses silk line to fish anymore. Plus there are other unique facts about striped bass that could be included.

They are interesting as historical insight about fishing technique, although arguably that's going too far afield (so to speak :-) ). At the very least the source work for these sections needs to be identified, preferably with a link; perhaps at some point we'll want to do a mass move to WikiSource or some such - as historical material they are more interesting intact, than "edited mercilessly" as we would do for modern text. Stan 23:55, 12 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Stan - looks like a long time with no reply. I am working on some items for this page which I will add and hopefully put together a community based wiki discussion to update the striped bass Wikipedia page. I hope to soon have a Wiki on Striped-Bass.com to tune the striped bass page by the community and update the Wikipedia site. Yes, the silk line has past it's prime :)... Thanks, John Redmond

Hey fellas,

Am cleaning up the page a little if you don't mind, though the added info is great. Personally I divide the year between two great spots for bass fishing: NYC (I saw a guy who caught one nearly a meter long last year off one of the old piers and no, he never gets sick from his catch) and Duxbury Bay in Massachusetts (best kept secret-quieter than Martha's Vineyard.) Can't wait to get a new pole come spring! User:shadowcat60

Article cleanup

Striped bass is a delicious fish that deserves a good article. I'll work on it when my schoolwork calms down Onsmelly 05:24, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

I think someone removed a link I had placed under external links to striped-bass.com and in my opinion mistakenly labled it as spam. Striped-Bass.com is a PUBLIC COMMUNITY site based on, you guessed it ;), Striped Bass and we have been a public community on the internet for over seven years. We promote fishing clubs, best skills and practices, conservation, and a great community. I persoanally have contributed to at least half of this article and I am looking to add substantial more GOOD HONEST information that will benefit the WP community at large, at least where relevant to striped bass ;) . So please, consider that this is not SPAM but in fact an honest effort at placing relevant information to WP regarding striped bass - Regards, John Johnredmond 19:28, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Your website looks fine. If I removed it then it was an accident. The link I removed was a charter boat advertisment. I'm going to start working on this article. Onsmelly 07:35, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Your webstite has a prominant link to your charter service. You cannot use Wikipedia for advertising. Wikipedia admins may not have a problem with the rest of your web site content, if you did not have ads. Since it's your personal site and Wikipedia policy discourages adding your own site, it would be better (after removing ads) to ask an admin to review the site and add it if it seemed worthy. Pollinator 04:58, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Novice perspective

I am on vacation and will be arriving at Cape Cod later today. I have done precious little saltwater fishing so far, but I am really looking forward to trying my hand at Stripers this week. I say that to explain that I found and reviewed the Striped Bass page with little previous knowledge. So I offer some comments from a 'novice perspective'.

There was a phrase used on the page which I have never seen before. It spoke of "full neap tide". I know what a tide is, but I have no idea what a 'neap tide' is. I did not see any other reference to tides in the article and I did not see any links that would take me to an explaination of tides or how they affect a fisherman. If time allows, I may try to look the topic up on Wikipedia. But I expect those of you who know this topic and can provide the best suggestion for which of what may be several tide links should be reviewed.

One other suggestion would be to possibly add information or a link for those interested in fly fishing for stripers. I talked to a friend back home in Chicagoland and he has loaned me a fly rod/reel that are more appropriate for salt water than my own gear. He had a few suggestions, but I am searching the internet this morning for some more.

Depending on how I do this week, I may be able to offer a basic outline for a section on fly fishing for stripers. Thanks for the information that is presented.

(I'm truely a Wikipedia novice and I'm not sure how to sign this comment. Sneezy2 13:39, 10 June 2006 (UTC))

Fisherpersons,

Does anyone know anything about "farm Raised Rockfish". Someone told me this is happening and I am wondering where ans how this affects the quality of the fish.

Nadine