An article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch about the debate between anglers and scientists who have seen a decline in the atlantic menhaden population and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) and the Omega Protein Corporation, who say the baitfish population is just fine. From the vantage point of my home waters on the Western [...]
Earlier this month the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), which essentially decides the fate of the striped bass population along the coast in terms of cull numbers, voted to increase the commercial catch quota. This despite evidence on the front lines that the stripers aren’t doing as hot as the numbers suggest. People had [...]
So this is what it’s come down to in the budget, closing State Parks–some of the only accessible green in the giant NY metro complex–to trim budget deficit. Even though it likely will save very little money. People are coming up with schemes to keep the parks open. Private operation, corporate naming rights, non-profit donations. [...]
While down here for the Miami Boat Show, I met briefly with Aaron Adams of the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust. We had planned on sitting down for a full interview but outside forces pulled us in different directions. We did get to casually discuss the recent cold-induced carnage in Florida, and he dispensed some staggering [...]
Aaron Adams has come up with a cool new concept called tribal bonefish. Check it out.
[picapp src="b/3/a/f/Crayola_Crayon_Celebrates_7260.jpg?adImageId=7108886&imageId=3496492" width="500" height="372" /] Fishy Kid, the org started by Cameron Mortenson of Fiberglass Manifesto and his buddy to help parents get their kids psyched about fishing through a kids coloring contest, is now running an ADULT COLORING CONTEST. Who’s got skills?
Stripers Forever sent out an email to its membership containing this graph* and the following statement: The graphic released with the MD DNR report depicts the numbers of striped bass spawned in the Chesapeake Bay. Since most stripers that migrate north and south along the coast are born in the Chesapeake Bay, the MD DNR [...]
Matt Stansberry of the The Caddis Fly Shop is leading the charge to help protect the North Umpqua’s wild steelhead population from harvest. To help the cause, sign the petition on the North Umpqua Wild Steelhead Coalition site. Read more about it all at the Cadddis Fly Blog.
Get your sons, daughters, nieces and nephews involved in fly fishing. Start by going to the Fishy Kid site and downloading the coloring book, and entering the coloring contest. Then, with the gear they might win, teach them how to use it. Then everybody wins.
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/4752703] Alaska’s Lynn Canal is actually a natural waterway, a breathtaking fjord that connects Juneau to the outside world. It is also at the epicenter of another Alaskan controversy, centered on the proposed Lynn Canal Highway Project. The plan is to extract 13 million cubic yards of rock from the canal’s eastern shoreline to [...]
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