As water temperatures creep toward 50 degrees, holdover stripers begin to stir in the shallows of southern New England, providing light-tackle sport for anglers in skiffs, kayaks, canoes and on foot. It’s early-spring striped bass time! To catch these…
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Florida FWC Votes to Make Bonefish a Gamefish
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…
ASMFC Striped Bass Board Initiates Addendum to Reduce Fishing Mortality
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…
It’s My Cast – Central E.Coast Fishing Report – Feb. 12, 2011 – Bill Hubbard
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…
Posted in Articles, Florida - East Coast
Commercial Quota Increase for Striped Bass Denied
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 off Chatham
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!
Public Hearings on Proposal to Increase Commercial Harvest of Striped Bass Harvest in NY Next Week
NY’s Striped Bass hearing is on July 21st. Please try and attend.
Posted in Conservation
When “free” isn’t free
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…
Horrendous Environmental Damage to Gulf of Mexico Fish and Wildlife is Just Beginning
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…
Fishing Banned for all 73 Species of Snapper and Grouper – It’s My Cast
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…
Posted in Articles, Florida - East Coast
