Doing Nothing Is Doing Something When It Comes to Striped Bass Management

Don Meyer with a nice striped bass caught off the South Fork during the mid-October push of fish past our shores. The mass of striped bass that lives off our coast is steadily diminishing, with little coming down the pike to rebuild the stock, but fisheries managers declined to take steps to reduce the number of fish killed by fishermen next year. MICHAEL DEAN

Mike Dean with a nice striped bass during the mid-October push of fish past our shores. The mass of striped bass that lives off our coast is steadily diminishing, with little coming down the pike to rebuild the stock, but fisheries managers declined to take steps to reduce the number of fish killed by fishermen next year. DON MEYER

In honor of Veterans Day next week, and the memories of what striped bass fishing around here used to be like, here is a photo of Hampton Bays sharpie, World War II veteran and soon-to-be centenarian John Siebold with a jumbo surf striper he caught in 2014.