Florida FWC approved new rules for for Bonefish. Effective July 1, 2011 the 1 fish daily bag limit is abolished and bonefish are catch and release only. Bonefish may be targeted only with hook and line gear and the new rule allows temporary possession for photographs and documention of a record catch. The rule changes [...]
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board has initiated development of Draft Addendum III with the goals of reducing striped bass fishing mortality (F) up to 40% and further protecting spawning stock when it is concentrated and vulnerable. The addendum was initiated in order to allow managers to promptly respond to [...]
My apologies for the brevity of this, my last “It’s My Cast” column for Reel-Time. I’ve enjoyed writing it these past months and hope it has provided information you all needed. I especially appreciate those who I have heard from both in the comments section of the column and via email. Life moves on and [...]
Despite a strong effort from the commercial sector, the proposal to increase the commercial striped bass kill was overwhelmingly shot down this afternoon.
Great white sharks feeding on seals off Chatham, who’d have thought it!
We offer up some tremendous video, as well as a great link to a new site by the guys the state has hired to tag these awesome fish. Definitely worth checking out!
NY’s Striped Bass hearing is on July 21st. Please try and attend.
By Candus Thomson, Outdoors Baltimore Sun, June 18, 2010 So New York lawmakers and leaders of the Recreational Fishing Alliance are drooling all over themselves because the state Senate passed a bill to repeal its $10 saltwater fishing license and replace it with a free angler registry. As Bugs Bunny would say, “What a bunch [...]
With news of another bumble by BP at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill yesterday, crude oil at the rate of over 2,500,000 gallons per day plus 19,000 million gallons of natural gas(methane) has been released and untold amounts of chemical dispersants are being used to treat the escaped crude oil. An underwater [...]
Orlando-June 9, 2010 – Today the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council banned fishing for the 73 species of Snapper and Grouper and closed a 4827square mile area off Florida and Georgia to all fishing. The council had previously declared the species grossly overfished and this action is taken to allow those groundfish stocks to rebuild. Originally the [...]
States Schedule Hearings on Striped Bass Draft Addendum II: Public Comment Accepted Until October 1
