It’s going to be ugly.

Source “Sometime around 2029, 2030 it’s going to go off a cliff,” he said, “and it’s going to be ugly.” Striped bass fishing could face collapse. I heard things were not good but I didn’t know it was this bad. I fished them while in Massachusetts and the last gasp of the year was to go to Montauk and fish with friends from the UK. I did the wetsuit thing in MA but not Montauk. I didn’t know the water enough to trust getting too deep. Spent last three weeks in Portugal and took a few books off the shelf to read [ and re-read]. One was “Reading The Water” all about the characters fishing the Vineyard. Inside was an inscription that read “For XXX XXX, In anticipation of your upcoming trip where the scent of the sea, the sweep of the sky, and the swirl of a silvery striped bass await you. I hope to meet you on the Vineyard this fall where these stories took place.” Signed XXX XXX July 2004. ​Funnily enough, one of the guys from the UK I fished with sent a note this week. Names redacted.…