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Bonefish Research A Success

For the second year in a row, scientists, guides, and volunteers from Bonefish and Tarpon Trust went on the hunt for baby bonefish in the Florida Keys. By “baby” we mean juvenile Albula vulpes less […]

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Georgia Adds to Artificial Reefs

The Coastal Resources Division (CRD) of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources recently deployed donated concrete culvert, metal chicken transport cages, and steel structures as the latest additions to Artificial Reef SAV – located six […]

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Gulf Coast Lionfish Shootout

More than $10,000 in cash and prizes are available for successful spearfishermen during the Gulf Coast Lionfish Coalition’s Lionfish Shootout Series on the northern Gulf Coast. A total of five tournaments are planned, starting on […]

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Record-Breaking Red Snapper Caught

A South Texas man reeled in the largest red snapper ever recorded off the Texas coast. Joey Beaver, of Victoria, bagged a 40-inch, 38.75 pound red snapper about five miles off the coast of Port […]

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Increase Recreational Quota for Red Snapper

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council’s Reef Fish Committee approved several preferred alternatives to the red snapper fishery management plan at its meeting Tuesday in Key West. The committee reaffirmed its support of reallocating […]

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Indian River Lagoon Coast Report

Let me start July’s fishing forecast by wishing everyone a happy and safe July 4th week.  As we celibate our country’s independence with family and friends, let’s not forget that our freedom wasn’t free.  Throughout the […]

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World Record Tripletail

Safe to say the Shore Thing Guides have been spending more time on the water than on land. Having a hard time keeping up with the days, trips and stories, but that is why we […]

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Record Mangrove Snapper

Nola.com reported 1st: Todd Black caught a state-record mangrove snapper on Memorial Day Weekend that is leading the summer-long STAR tournament, and no one can claim Black lucked into the fish. The 40-year-old Baton Rouge resident […]

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IFA Kayak Fishing Tour Prize Announcement

In addition to budget-friendly entry fees and over 100% payback, the IFA Kayak Fishing Tour Presented by Hobie Fishing boasts many of the sport’s biggest names as official sponsors. Power-Pole, who’s been with the organization […]

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Big Apple Stripers

New York City. Just the name conjures up images of the Empire State Building, Lincoln Center, Central Park, the Statue of Liberty and great fishing for striped bass. Well, maybe the fishing reference is a […]

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Heddon Spooks!

It’s been said that catching fish on topwater lures is the ultimate fishing thrill. If so, then fishing the flats is the ultimate extreme — the X-Games of topwater fishing. Flats like the those located […]

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New Jig Deamed Illegal

Save The Tarpon, along with its more than 25,000 members and supporters, welcomes you to Boca Grande and our iconic fishery, the migratory home of the storied Silver King. We wish you the best of […]

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Anglers For Conservation – June 2014

“If stardust is the light that paints our universe, then sea grass is the foundation of our planet’s estuaries.”I fish side-by-side with Anglers for Conservation‘s board member, Paul Macinnis, as we follow our guide, Anglers […]

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Record Setting Striped Bass

DAILY NEWS REPORTED FIRST: Eric Lester reeled in the 60-pound fish May 14 on the Hudson River, shattering a record set in 2007 and bringing in the biggest freshwater fish in the state since 1957. […]

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WhoDat Catching Dem Louisiana Redfish

Anglers facing shallow, weedy water can take a lesson from Barnie White and his father, Steve. The father/son team finished second in the first Louisiana Saltwater Series (LASS) tournament of the year throwing Metal WhoDat […]

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Lessard Wins IFA Event

Steve Lessard, of Geismar, La., measured a combined limit of 61.13 inches to win the first regular-season event for the Louisina Division of the IFA Kayak Fishing Tour presented by Hobie Fishing on May 18 […]

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Record-breaking Oyster Restoration

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has begun distributing more than 79,000 cubic yards of oyster reef building materials (known as clutch) over eight sites on four natural, publicly owned oyster reefs in Galveston Bay and […]

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Delta Delights

While most tourists consider a visit to New Orleans the highlight of any trip to Louisiana, if fishing is your passion aim your sights a little further south to the famed Mississippi Delta and the […]

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What I Found Inside A Redfish

Clarionledger.com First Reported: Crazy weather, fishing and ‘other things’ occurred this past week. Got the pictures to prove some of the stories, but you are just gonna have to take my word on others… The […]

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New All-Tackle Record Lionfish

IGFA Source: From wreaking environmental havoc to making new world records, lionfish continue to make the news. The invasion of western Atlantic and Caribbean waters by two voracious lionfish species (Pterois volitans and P. miles) […]

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Unhook your Snook

But I know the reason why. It impossible to deny that using the best possible handling techniques is easy to implement. And why wouldn’t people want to give a released fish the best possible chance […]

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Invasive Lionfish On The Decline

Jamaica is reporting a big decline in sightings of lionfish, the voracious invasive species that has been wreaking havoc on regional reefs for years and wolfing down native juvenile fish and crustaceans. Some four years […]

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Red Snapper Anglers Unite

Red Snapper Amendment. Now, more than ever, anglers in the Gulf of Mexico region need to make their voices heard in support of improved access to one of the region’s most important fisheries – red […]

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Ten tidal tips for redfish

Ask any angler who has dabbled in both inshore saltwater fishing and freshwater fishing about the biggest difference in the two types of angling, and the answer is likely to be tides. Along with the […]

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IFA Redfish Tours Open

Inshore anglers from across Florida and surrounding regions will converge at Punta Gorda, Fla., March 8-9, for the season-opening events of 2014 for the IFA Redfish Tour Presented by Cabela’s and IFA Kayak Fishing Tour […]

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Red Snapper Reallocation Improving

During its recent meeting in Houston, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council approved moving ahead with an amendment to update the allocation of Gulf red snapper between the commercial and recreational sectors, a welcome […]

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Winter Blackfish Are Hot

Though weather can be a problem anywhere in the winter months, I had to come to the Savannah, Georgia area during that period to learn from the best charter captain on the eastern seaboard, Capt. […]

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Where To Catch Giant Speckled Trout

Finding the “X” isn’t just for pirates. Anglers are looking for it, too, that little known and hard to find location that holds the key to consistently catching quality speckled trout at jetty systems on […]

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Red Snapper Quota Split

NOLA Reported 1st: Recreational fishing groups are crying foul over a National Marine Fisheries Service pilot program that has taken a percentage of the 2014 recreational red-snapper quota and given it to a select group […]

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Find and Catch Topwater Stripers

Striped bass are schooling fish by nature, but when anglers talk about schooling stripers they’re usually talking about the melee that ensues when these predators push a school of bait to the surface. It’s a […]

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Latest Striped Bass Stock Assessment

The latest stock assessment of wild striped bass by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) clearly shows that too many stripers are being killed by fishermen to maintain the commission’s recommended target spawning stock […]

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Trophy Bonefish – IGFA

IGFA received a potential new IGFA World Record to early this month: Aussie angler Dr. Gary Justin Post recently put New Caledonia “on the map” for every inshore angler in search of trophy bonefish (Albula […]

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Coast Guard Protecting Stripers

The Coast Guard is scheduled to intensify efforts to stop offshore poaching of Atlantic Striped Bass this winter. In an effort to ensure the health of the striped bass population, the Coast Guard is working […]

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Enormous rare sea creature

Mark Quartiano has caught thousands of sharks, and hooked clients up with thousands more. In fact, the Florida captain is famously known as Mark the Shark. But until Saturday, Mark the Shark had not encountered […]

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Try Some Metal On Them Stripers

Diamond jigs are the hot ticket for fast Mid-Atlantic action from now through year-end. Fishing along the Mid-Atlantic coast isn’t over so keep the boat in the water, break out the cold weather gear and […]

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Regulators plan to cut striped bass catch

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has voted to develop management options for reducing fishing pressure on striped bass beginning with the 2015 season. One option is to reduce the daily recreational limit from two […]

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Record Tarpon Released?

Capt Greg Hildreth and angler Jeff Pierce of Atlanta recently landed a tarpon near St. Simons Island GA and using the BTT Tarpon Weight Card estimated it’s weight at 188lbs, more than 27lbs higher than […]