Category: Fishing

Outer Fall built by John's Bay Boat Company

Boat of the Month: Outer Fall

10/20/2024 - By Paul Molyneaux The first time I ever saw Jimmy Tripp was in late 1982. Jimmy had his boat, the Day Star, loaded with big wooden Anderson traps and was heading offshore. It was snowing and the flakes vanished in the water of Spruce Head harbor. Tripp had his head sticking out… SEE MORE

More Indigenous Youth are Learning to Spearfish, a Connection to Ancestors and the Land

10/19/2024 - By apnews.com. Ganebik Johnson started learning traditional Ojibwe songs when he was about 2 years old. He’d hang around listening to his uncle sing, or observe elders, or even pull up music on YouTube. Spearfishing came shortly after, at around age 7, when his grandfather took him out on a northern Wisconsin… SEE MORE

Huge Mahi Tops 30-Year-Old Record

10/14/2024 - By Nick Carter. Overnight charter breaks dolphin record that has stood for nearly 30 years. An angler on an overnight tuna and swordfish charter out of Narragansett, Rhode Island, caught the largest mahi-mahi the state has ever seen in late August. Fishing with Maridee Charters, angler Karl Mohr, of New York, battled… SEE MORE

Fishing Crankbaits for Gulf Jetty Redfish

10/13/2024 - By Chester Moore. Fish lipless plugs around the rocks for early fall redfish fun. I eyed a spot at the southwestern tip of the Cameron, Louisiana, jetties and made a cast. My lipless crankbait hit the water. As the lure sank, I began my normal seven-count before making the first… SEE MORE

Harvest South Atlantic Red Snapper Now

10/12/2024 - By Nick Carter. Exempted Fishing Permits allow Florida anglers to keep out-of-season fish. Normally, harvesting 108 red snapper from the South Atlantic might be enough to earn you some jail time. Not if you have Florida Exempted Fishing Permits (EFPs). Studies being conducted on Florida’s east coast right now are… SEE MORE

Why Fishing Rods Break

10/11/2024 - By Dave Lewis. Insight into what causes fishing rods to break can help save yours! Our panga wallowed in a hefty Pacific swell just a few hundred yards off a rocky peninsula while the skipper used the engine to hold us in a position. The trick was to be safe… SEE MORE

The removal of four large dams from the Klamath River allows salmon to again reach about 400 miles of their original habitat that had been blocked for many decades. Photo courtesy Jason Hartwick/Swiftwater Films

Final Step in Klamath River Dam Removal Opens Path for Returning Salmon

10/10/2024 - By fisheries.noaa.gov. NOAA Fisheries led coordination efforts to protect water quality. Heavy equipment removed the final obstacle separating the Klamath River from the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday. The reconnected river was turbid but remained safe for fish after crews took steps to avoid erosion and impacts to water quality. “These… SEE MORE

Pacific bluefin tuna swim underwater. Credit: Adobe Stock

More U.S.-Caught Pacific Bluefin Tuna to Hit U.S. Markets Next Year

10/9/2024 - By fisheries.noaa.gov. Increased catch limits culminate a decade-long international effort to rebuild the once-imperiled species. Commercial Pacific bluefin tuna vessels in the United States can harvest almost 80 percent more fish in 2025–2026. The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission increased catch limits during a meeting in Panama in early September. This decision comes 3… SEE MORE

Seafood on ice for display. Credit: Shutterstock

NOAA Fisheries Releases National Seafood Strategy Implementation Plan

10/8/2024 - By fisheries.noaa.gov. The plan outlines actions we can take to enhance industry resilience and competitiveness in the face of climate change and other stressors. NOAA Fisheries released its National Seafood Strategy Implementation Plan (PDF, 14 pages). Our National Seafood Strategy, released in 2023, outlines our direction for supporting the U.S. seafood economy and… SEE MORE

A Hawaiian monk seal entangled in a derelict fishing net. Credit: NOAA Fisheries (Permit #10137)

A Substantial Reduction in Seal Entanglement

10/4/2024 - By noaa.gov. New analysis confirms Hawaiian monk seals greatly benefit from marine debris cleanup efforts in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Since the early 1980s, field biologists working in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands have found Hawaiian monk seals entangled in derelict fishing gear and other plastics. These entanglements can… SEE MORE