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If there is one thing I have learned about fishing over the past fifty plus years as an angler and guide is we all seem to have particular ways we do everything from casting our […]
King fishing has been really good, with easy limits, so on a trip this week I decided to have some fun by challenging my tackle and angling ability. I took on our trip a 1942 […]
Today’s Congressional Omnibus Appropriations bill includes several actions important to recreational fishing championed by Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee Chairman Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.). The bill includes a number of provisions that attempt to address the […]
CCA Louisiana, along with Shell, Bertucci Contractors and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), hosted government officials, volunteers and media members to view the installation of Independence Island Artificial Reef Phase II, northeast […]
Accurate Fishing Products, known for its patented TwinDrag® reels, has introduced a new 300-size single-speed reel that’s unbeatable for inshore and light-action offshore applications – the BV-300 Valiant. The first of Accurate’s “New Technology,” reels, […]
NOAA Fisheries strives to achieve balance between the long-term survival of fish stocks with the long-term survival of fisheries, which includes commercial and recreational fishermen—the shark fishery is no exception to this. Last week, NOAA […]
Yes, what you are observing is likely the fall striped mullet run that eventually ends up in the ocean, spawning on the continental shelf November through December. A wise old mullet fishermen Lynn Johnson, of […]
“For my money, a Jumpin’ Minnow would be tough to beat,” said Jerry Crook, a long-time tailwater guide on the Tennessee River, as he handed me his lure box so I could make my own […]
Even though the hot days of summer fishing are a memory and fall is starting its march toward winter, mid-Atlantic anglers shouldn’t have to take their boats out of the water just yet. The best […]
British angler Jon Patten caught this enormous dogtooth tuna (Gymnosarda unicolor) on November 20th that tipped the scales at a whopping 107.5 kg (236 lb 15 oz) – the heaviest specimen ever recorded by the […]
This #CoralsWeek, learn something new about corals. Here’s the bottom line. 1. Corals are underwater rainforests. 2. Corals have a tiny footprint but a big impact. Covering only about one-tenth of one percent of the […]
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and Training grants enable student experiences, teacher training. Students and teachers across the Chesapeake Bay watershed will benefit from meaningful educational experiences on and along the water, thanks to more than […]
The top minds in wetlands ecology, hydrology, and geology from across the world have spent half a century investigating Louisiana’s unprecedented, catastrophic coastal land loss. And, after poring through volumes of data, comparing maps, and […]
In the Gulf Coast, beachfront public piers draw all kinds of fishermen this time of year because they attract all kinds of fish. Pier fishing is very different from surf fishing in terms of how […]
Capt. Billy Miller reports good mixed bag fishing. Miller guided Brian Gray to a nice catch of triple tail, snook, reds and trout on a half day morning trip. Mackerel and kings are also available […]
In an effort to ensure the healthy population of the striped bass in the Mid-Atlantic region, NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) is raising awareness of the federal regulations governing striped bass in the Exclusive […]
The Obama administration marked a significant milestone in efforts to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and seafood fraud internationally with the signing of the “Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act,” on November […]
Robin Berg, a former U.S. Navy deep sea diver and marine naturalist/conservationist, and Eli Martinez, the go-to expert on shark behavior, intentionally dove into the water with a monster mako shark in order film its […]
The 4th Annual Ocean Reef Beach Festival is once again coming to Pelican Beach Park in Satellite Beach, December 5th, 2015. This one-of-a-kind event celebrates every facet of our coastal lifestyle; surfing, fishing, beachcombing, eco-tourism […]
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and seafood fraud undermine the sustainability of U.S. and global seafood stocks and negatively impact general ecosystem health. At the same time, IUU fishing and fraudulent seafood products distort […]
The relevance of the Anglers for Conservation’s mission to ensure the survival of the Indian River Lagoon (IRL) came up recently while talking with Duane Defreese, Ph.D. It was a logical topic, seeing that Duane […]
Federal funding to support agricultural conservation measures in the Bay watershed has fallen sharply since Congress approved a new Farm Bill last year, a development that has alarmed environmentalists, farm groups and state officials. The […]
NOAA has released a Guidance for Considering the Use of Living Shorelines, which outlines how we promote living shorelines as a shoreline stabilization technique. Along sheltered coasts, living shorelines can preserve and improve habitats and […]
Even though the hot days of summer fishing are a memory and fall is starting its march toward winter, mid-Atlantic anglers shouldn’t have to take their boats out of the water just yet. The best […]
You can buy a cast net for $25, but these are basically toys suitable only for catching a few minnows while you’re on vacation. Good nets start at about $125 and go up to more […]
For years, Rocky Rice made his living primarily by fishing two of the Bay’s most iconic species: striped bass in the spring and blue crabs much of the summer. But after several years of poor […]
The Northeast provides the ultimate striped bass habitat. The convergence of the warm Gulf Stream and the cool Labrador Current creates a uniquely fertile environment that sustains a large variety of baitfish both offshore and […]
Anglers For Conservation’s Chowder “Slow Down, Chow Down” Cook-Off has been given rave reviews and accolades since it joined the fun at the Ocean-Reef-Beach Festival in Satellite Beach. This year’s ORB Fest takes place, December 5th. Come take […]
During the 2015 Our Ocean Conference in Valparaiso, Chile, President Barack Obama today announced that, for the first time since 2000, two new national marine sanctuaries have been identified by NOAA for possible designation under […]
With our country’s 23 coastal states, and over 75,000 miles of coastline, it’s easy to understand America’s fascination with surf fishing. Alaska, Florida and California rank first, second and third for the most coast line, […]
As a member of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Snapper/Grouper Advisory Panel, I feel it is important for me to address the implementation of the Snapper/Grouper Amendment 36 – Spawning Special Management Zones (SMZs). […]
Join Anglers for Conservation and some of Florida’s famous fishing elites as we spend an evening rejoicing and reflecting on the life we experience along our precious waters. This year’s fundraising party will be at the cozy Nyami […]
Harris Creek was once home to nearly 1,500 acres of Maryland’s best oyster reefs, but in recent decades its oyster population — like those in much of the Bay — had dramatically dwindled. When biologists […]
Thanks in part to a grant from the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conversation Commission and the donation of secondary concrete materials, St. Lucie County made three successful artificial reef deployments this summer. More than 1,500 […]
Capt. Billy Miller has been wearing out his charters fishing the deep grass flats using white bait. Big Spanish mackerel to 5 pounds, speckled trout, mangrove snapper, gag grouper, bluefish, ladyfish and jack crevalles are […]
The first hammerhead shark fitted with a satellite tracking tag off Southern California has traveled more than 1,000 miles to Mexico and back again since NOAA Fisheries researchers tagged it near San Clemente Island about […]
The FishAmerica Foundation has awarded $10,000 to the Save the Summer Flounder Fishery Fund (SSFFF), a non-profit organization whose mission is to safeguard and improve fishing access to summer flounder. FAF-SSFFFThe foundation’s grant will be […]
The longest running coastal shark research survey along the East Coast has completed its 2015 field work, capturing and tagging more than 2,800 sharks, the most in the survey’s 29-year history. The results are very […]
A coalition of environmental organizations on Tuesday will call for Maryland to consider an immediate moratorium on allowing more poultry houses to be built on the Eastern Shore. The groups are responding to a report […]
Fish may be evolving to swim faster so they can avoid capture in trawler nets, according to research. Scientists at the University of Glasgow found that fitter fish are better at evading nets. They said […]
I’m starting to see signs of fall in the gulf. A few weeks ago I was seeing mostly Spanish mackerel and ladyfish feeding on small bait. Now the cobia, sharks and jacks have shown up […]
The Brooklyn-based Long Quan Seafood Corp. pleaded guilty to felony commercialization of wildlife on June 22 in Brooklyn Criminal Court and paid a $10,000 fine for trafficking in shark fins, New York State Department of […]
Permit like warm weather, so the permit season in my region typically runs from late spring into early fall, so like from May through September. It’s all based on water temperatures. Once the water temperatures […]
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces a proposed rule that would establish quota levels and opening dates for the 2016 Atlantic commercial shark fisheries. The proposed 2016 quotas, adjusted as appropriate to account for […]
August is a great time to target sharks in the Central East Region because the ocean is calm and the baitfish are schooling along the beaches within a mile or two of shore. For the […]
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Lucky you, you’ve found a school of striper’s well within casting range and feeding aggressively. You set yourself up with high hopes as you make your first cast. After a few crank of the reel […]
When Don Baugh and Tom Horton decided to circumnavigate the Delmarva Peninsula on kayaks a decade ago, they considered the trip as a birthday present to themselves. Horton, a veteran Bay writer and Bay Journal […]
An incredibly massive tiger shark presumably caught by a commercial fisherman off the coast of New South Wales, Australia, has raised questions as to who caught it, who took the photos and whether it is […]
On a brilliant summer day in late July, the Buzzards Bay Coalition and array of partners celebrated the largest land conservation effort in the Buzzards Bay watershed in 25 years. The festivities took place at […]
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