Tag Archives: fishing
CALIFORNIA: Save Delta Fish
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.
Filed under Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Media, Other Blogs, Pimped Content, Save the World
Tuna Migration
Atlantic bluefin tuna are bicoastal, and paying for it.
Filed under Northeast, Offshore, Save the World
VIDEO: False Albacore
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 … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Inshore, Northeast, Video
NEW YORK: Mahi, Lumpy Gulfstream
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 … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Northeast, Offshore
FLORIDA: Mammalian Fishing Challenge
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 … Continue reading
MEDIA: Brownie Troop Fishing
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. … Continue reading
Filed under Inshore, Media, Music, Northeast, Other Blogs, Random Archived, Video
RHODE ISLAND: Striped Bass in the Rips
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 … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Inshore, Northeast, Other Blogs
BOOKS: Men’s Lives
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 … Continue reading
BASS VIDEO: Rod Serling Narrating BIGMOUTH
“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.)
Filed under Freshwater, Video
Fish. Drink. Eat. Sleep.
Four objectives met in order of priority. More on the trip to Boca Grande later.
