WEEKLY REMINDER: Hey man, all the good stuff’s going down over at the new Fishing Jones. If you’re here looking through the old pictures, posts, and archives, that’s cool, but if you’re looking for timely posts, head over to www.fishingjones.com.
I haven’t worked all the kinks out of the new system, but Microsoft is a multi-billion dollar company and they release stuff with bugs in it all the time, so I don’t feel too bad. From now on I’ll be posting over at Fishingjones.com. Consider it the Fishing Jones BETA. I’ll be keeping this blogspot blog up and running as an archive. Also, I have to manually import all my links to the new location, so if you’re listed in my links here, but don’t see it at fishingjones.com, sorry about that, but I will get to it.
SNEAK PREVIEW: I’m down in Florida for a work trip, but when I get back I’ll be making a move to a different blogging service. In the near future, you’ll be able to get to Fishing Jones by typing in www.fishingjones.com. I’ve been doing a couple of test posts there and eventually plan to add artwork, and get a new logo.
NEWS: From Blogfish: Toxic algae in Klamath River. “Like a radioactive putting green.”
NEWS: The most dangerous job in 2005? Commercial fishing.
CANADA: A mysterious fish kill on the Ottowa River.(Thanks to reader David Callum for the link.)
SIGHT FISHING: Capt. Gordon with a Carolina Red. He’s got some footage of the experience over on youtube.
NON-FISHING ITEM OF THE DAY: BOOOO! As a Yank’s fan, this kills me. I love the old Yankee Stadium, it’s one of the most electric places to watch a sporting event. And the Yanks already draw 4 million people a year. Do they really need this?It still makes me cringe that the Dolphins dumped the Orange Bowl in favor of Joe Robbie. But for real historical precedent, look at the two other teams with the most championships in pro sports. The Celtics haven’t done jack since leaving the old Garden, and the Canadiens have been a shadow of what they were when they won so man Cups at the Forum. Damn, you Big Stein.
SCIENCE STUFF: I love this page on the Rosenstiel School’s website, called Science Snapshots. Check it out, you’ll find excellent overviews on many topics.
CONSERVATION: On Monday, I attended a press conference that included a presentation by Ricky Gease, executive director of the Kenai River Sportfishing Association. I have never fished the Kenai, but it is naturally a dream to one day get there–actually, to get to Alaska, period. I’m obviousy not alone, based on the millions of anlger hours logged on the river each year. The problem is, according to Gease, that those anglers who flock to the Kenai are “loving it to death.” Like Trout Unlimited, one of the goals of the KRSA is habitat restoration, specifically preventing erosion of the river’s banks due to overfishing. They also participate in fisheries management.
