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A Beginner's Guide to Florida Lobstering
By Terry Tomalin. There's good reason lobster divers are called bug hunters. The hardest part about catching these tasty crustaceans is finding them. Lobsters don’t stay put. They love to move around. When the special two-day spiny lobster sport season opens each year the last Wednesday and Thursday in July,… SEE MORE
Red Snapper Season Starts June 11th in Gulf
The recreational red snapper season will start June 11 in Gulf state and federal waters and remain open through July 12, closing July 13. Anglers fishing from private recreational boats will need to sign up as a Gulf Reef Fish Angler to target red snapper and several other reef fish… SEE MORE
Groundfish Make a Comeback in Monterey Bay
By Kathryn McKenzie. Groundfish used to be the linchpin of California commercial fishing—a year-round, reliable catch of tender white fish that consumers were eager to buy. But that all came to a halt almost two decades ago after populations plummeted from overfishing. Now, in a remarkable development, California groundfish—which include… SEE MORE
Black Sea Bass Fishing Nantucket Sound
By Sam Brown. The Black Sea Bass is actually a member of the grouper family and each fish makes for a couple sweet tasting white meat fillets. They are known as “protogynous hermaphrodites” which means they start as females and end up as mature males. The males will develop a… SEE MORE
Winning the Georgetown Blue Marlin Tournament: A Mate's Take
The docks were close to empty, with most of the 56 boat fleet on their way back to the marina from their final fishing day of the 52nd Annual Georgetown Blue Marlin Tournament. Fishing had been tough, with a total of only 7 blue marlin, 3 white marlin, 11 sailfish,… SEE MORE
Local Fishermen Receive Safety Training with Fishing Partnership
By Chris Wolf. TENANTS HARBOR – A one-day program at the Tenants Harbor, Fishermen’s, Co-op, town pier at 12 Commercial Road addressed actions critical to surviving an accident or emergency at sea. There’s no question that commercial fishing is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. Eric Higgins… SEE MORE
Striped Bass Managers Vote to Take Action
Changes to striped bass regulations intended to halt overfishing are expected for the 2020 fishing season, but what those changes will be remains to be decided. At the spring meeting of the Striped Bass Management Board on Tuesday, managers voted to initiate development of an addendum to reduce fishing mortality… SEE MORE
Casting About the Connecticut River
By Captain Tom Migdalski. The Native Algonquins called it “Quinnehtukqut,” or “Long Tidal River,” and were the first to appreciate the estuary’s incredible diversity of life. Flowing 410 miles from its origin at the Canadian border, the Connecticut River dumps 10 billion gallons of fresh water into Long Island Sound… SEE MORE
A Guide to Fishing on Dauphin Island
Dauphin Island fishing is a very popular activity because it offers unrivaled access to some of the best spots along the Gulf of Mexico. With many easy to find beaches, piers and jetties, and a variety of Dauphin Island charter fishing options, you’ll always have the exciting opportunity to catch… SEE MORE
Striped Bass Scientists Look at Raising Size Limit
A report released today by the Striped Bass Technical Committee (TC) of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) projects that an increase in the minimum size for the coastal striped bass fishery from 28 inches to 35 inches in 2020 would be necessary to have a 50% chance of meeting the… SEE MORE
NW Charter Fishing Fleet Casts Wary Eye Toward Possible Cutbacks To Save Orcas
By Tom Banse Pacific Northwesterners are undeniably fond of their endangered resident orcas. Many locals are also fans of salmon fishing, a hobby that sustains charter fishing fleets in coastal harbors from Neah Bay, Washington, to Brookings, Oregon. But now there is a chance that future fishing trips on the ocean… SEE MORE
Southern California Halibut Fishing Tips
By Jim Hendricks Many anglers associate California halibut fishing with drifting or slow-trolling over mud and sand flats. Yet some of the most consistent fishing takes place adjacent to structure such as wrecks, outcroppings, jetties, breakwaters and artificial reefs. In my early years of fishing, we’d hook one or two… SEE MORE
