Category: Holiday

8 Common Misconceptions About Sailing

4/4/2024 - By Zeke Quezada. While at a dinner party recently, I was surrounded by a group of people who wanted to know more about sailing. Apparently, my wife does a good job of sharing our sailing adventures on social media so most of her friends wanted in on the adventurous world… SEE MORE

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/glass-eel-elver-trafficking-fishing-unagi

Maine Elver Harvest on Pace to Hit Record Value

3/22/2024 - By Caroline Losneck. The 11 people who won the lottery to be licensed to participate in Maine’s elver, or baby eel, fishery are counting their blessings. So far, the value of landings is the highest it’s been in years, and it seems certain quota will be reached when the season… SEE MORE

https://www.discovernewport.org/blog/post/annual-newport-international-boat-show/

South Florida Ventures Acquires Newport International Boat Show

3/14/2024 - By marinadockage.com. The Newport Restaurant Group (NRG) owner and producer of the annual Newport International Boat Show (NIBS) has been acquired by South Florida Ventures to expand and deliver enhanced value to participating marine industry businesses and a seamless experience for attendees. With a 53-year heritage deeply rooted in the Newport community, the Newport International Boat… SEE MORE

https://www.nationalfisherman.com/boats-gear/big-turnout-at-winter-harbor-and-nearly-a-disaster

Maine Lobster Boat Races 2024 schedule

3/12/2024 - By Carli Stewart. Get ready to kick your engine into high gear this summer! People from all around the state follow The Maine Lobster Boat Race Association up and down the coast. These races always draw a crowd, and the captains prove to grow bigger and bigger raft-ups every year.… SEE MORE

https://www.howtocatchanyfish.com/african-tigerfish.html

Catching Big Triggerfish On The Gulf Coast

3/9/2024 - By Ed Mashburn. For a long time here on the Gulf Coast, anglers who ventured offshore to chase after snapper and other delicious tasting and hard fighting fish scorned a very common offshore resident of our waters. It was not that long ago that when a triggerfish was hooked and brought to… SEE MORE

Posted By Kim Perry, Wednesday, November 17, 2021 Updated: Tuesday, November 16, 2021

10 Tips For Enjoying Cold-Water Boating in Winter

2/17/2024 - By Ken Schultz. While most boats are laid up over winter, there’s still plenty of boating in winter to enjoy: in warmer climates for the purpose of fishing or simply cruising, on cold rivers where winter steelhead exist, in coastal waters for migrating species, and so forth. Whether you’re boating… SEE MORE

The Five Best Winter Fishing Lures

2/16/2024 - By Andy Whitcomb. Winter, of course, means cold, cold water that, as fishing personality Mark Zona says, may even have several inches of a “lid” over it. Experienced anglers assemble the best lures for winter fishing based on a different kind of “bite.” In cold water, fish are understandable sluggish and in… SEE MORE

Kayak Versus SUP Board: Which One Should I Buy?

2/10/2024 - By Tom Gaffey. Paddling is a great hobby to start at any time in life. Not only is paddling on the water an incredible way to connect with nature, but it’s a great workout, and it’s also loads of fun. Once you catch the paddling bug you are bound to… SEE MORE

Cindy Shebley, CC BY 2.0 , Everett_WA._-_USA_02_19_2020_Boat_mooring_with_Anthony's_Homeport_Resturant_on_Port_Gardner_bay._(49565791383) via Wikimedia Commons

Environmental impacts of increasing leisure boating activity in Mediterranean coastal waters

2/23/2023 - By www.sciencedirect.com [caption id="attachment_44806" align="alignnone" width="512"] 1950s_boat_Gloucester_Massachusetts_USA_5336085003 via Wikimedia Commons[/caption] Leisure boating is an important economic activity which is increasing in popularity worldwide, and the Mediterranean Sea is one of the most popular nautical tourism destinations in the world. While the overall ecological impacts of recreational boating on freshwater ecosystems… SEE MORE

flickr user "abkfenris", CC BY 2.0 , Kayaker_paddling_with_his_hands_Pueblo via Wikimedia Commons

13 Bucket List Paddling Destinations in the USA

2/8/2023 - By paddling.com Once you develop a thirst and passion for paddling it can become an all-consuming desire. Even when the weather where you live is not conducive for paddling adventures, you are probably still researching amazing places with better weather that you want to travel to for the paddle of… SEE MORE

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