A video calling to fight the attempt to eradicate striped bass from California waters. According to savedeltafish.com, this is not an invasive species issue but a water use exploitation issue. Here’s the petition to oppose the bill.
Atlantic bluefin tuna are bicoastal, and paying for it.
Tagged: Atlantic Ocean, bluefin tuna, conservation, fishing, overfishing, tuna
Some shaky footage from fishing for false albacore last week. [UPDATE: Reloaded the video after trying to take some of the shakiness out. It was making me sick.] [NOTE: For everyone asking, the rod is a Helios prototype, which is why it has a different reel seat and coloration than what’s in production. And, yes, that is floating line. I had on full sink, but when I hooked my first one the line didn’t clear properly and I got a ridiculous bird’s nest pulled tight by a fleeing albie. I didn’t want to miss out while untangling, so I switched out to the floating–all I had–super quick just to get a fly in the mix. Normally I use full sink. The backing is gel…
Tagged: albies, fall run, false albacore, fishing, fly reel, fly rod, long island
Capt. Dave Azar reports there are mahi to be had offshore. NOAA reports that attempting to go offshore is asking for a yard sale: FRI NIGHT S TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT WITH S SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS. SAT S TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EARLY INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE…EXCEPT SW PORTION 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 11 TO 17 FT…HIGHEST SW. SHOWERS AND TSTMS. VSBY OCCASIONALLY LESS THAN 1 NM IN SQUALLS AND BLOWING SPRAY SW PORTION. SAT NIGHT S TO SE WINDS 35 TO 45 KT…EXCEPT E PORTION TO 55 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 15 TO 23 FT. SUN WINDS BECOMING W TO NW 15 TO 25…
Tagged: Allusions to Frank Zappa, dolphin, fishing, Hanna, mahi mahi, pelagic, Small Craft Advisory
Who do you think caught more? Our boat? (Two redfish.) Or these stone cold killers? Watching dolphin work in concert to trap mullet against the mangroves and then literally flip them into the air and eat them made it all worth getting our asses handed to us.
Ween covers Van Halen and whacks stripers on the Jersey coast. That’s about all you could want in a rock outfit. (Plus, they put out 12 Golden Country Greats.) Check out Brownie Troop Fishing Show, put out by Dean Ween. (Link via Moldy Chum)
Tagged: bluefish, Brownie Troop FS, fishing, fluke, New Jersey, striped bass, Ween
Healing from the third annual Rhode Island trip organized by Jeremy Cameron of Flies and Fins. (Here’s Jeremy’s Youtube vid from the inaugural event.) No tuna this year but one or two guys (not me) hooked into the maddeningly sporadic bonito. Every day a heavy afternoon bass bite saved the day. Thank Jeebus or Satan or whoever for those striped bass. Without them, there would have been blood.
Tagged: fishing, rhode island, striped bass, striper
Reading Peter Matthiessen’s book from 1986 on the lost way of life of Long Island’s south shore surfmen and baymen. I’m a huge fan of Matthiessen’s trilogy of historical novels on frontier Florida, particularly Killing Mr. Watson and Bone by Bone. This book is so far a great read about a culture now buried under glitterati and horrible traffic every summer.
Tagged: books, fishing, Hamptons, long island, Men's Lives, Peter Matthiessen
“It is the most popular game fish in the world. Sometimes it is simply called Bigmouth…or so the story goes…” Check out this classic footage of Rod Serling narrating the epic bass documentary BIGMOUTH. (Coming soon, the sequel.)
Tagged: Bigmouth, Bigmouth Forever, fishing, largemouth bass, Rod Serling
Four objectives met in order of priority. More on the trip to Boca Grande later.
Tagged: Boca Grande, fishing, tarpon
