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The Controversial Plan to Move Five Captive Belugas
By Bethany Augliere. Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut is home to the United States’ largest habitat for captive beluga whales. Of the country’s 30 captive belugas, three reside in the aquarium’s 4,000 square meter outdoor exhibit, a site dominated by a 50 by 25-meter kidney bean-shaped tank.* Now the aquarium, which… SEE MORE
New York Scallop Season A Disaster
By Dan Nosowitz. Scallop season in the Northeast opened this past week, with fishermen in New York and New England heading out to find small, succulent bay scallops. The results of the early fishing have been what you might generously called “mixed.” In Massachusetts, fishermen off Martha’s Vineyard have seen… SEE MORE
Fishing Community Supports Atlantic Striped Bass Limits
New Castle, N.H.– On October 30, members of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Striped Bass Management Board voted 11 – 4 for Addendum VI Option 2 to require an 18% reduction in striped bass removals by both the recreational and commercial fishing sectors from North Carolina to Maine.… SEE MORE
Connecticut Fishing Report Week of October 28th, 2019
Providers of some of the information in this report included Candlewood Bait & Tackle, Captain Morgan’s Bait & Tackle, JT’s Fly Shop, The Fish Connection, Yankee Outdoors, CTFisherman.com, and a number of bass fishing clubs & organizations. ATLANTIC SALMON. Stocking of our 2+ year old fish wrapped up this week… SEE MORE
Scientists Suggest Suitable Sites for Offshore Blue Mussel Farms
Offshore mussel farm sites need to have the right temperature, food availability, and the right currents. According to a study by researchers at NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center, several suitable locations can be found off the Northeastern United States. Their findings were published in the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. They suggest that the most… SEE MORE
Tips and Tricks for Targeting Trophy Tautog
By New England Boating. If you wanted to create the perfect blackfish habitat, you’d start with a mussel-encrusted rock bottom, pepper it with a generous number of wrecks and large boulders then harden some of the shoreline with jetties, sea walls, docks and bulkheads. Next, add an abundance of crabs,… SEE MORE
10 Energy Saving Tips for Energy Awareness Month
By Linda Poppenheimer. This October, fulfill the promise you made to yourself earlier in the year to get serious about saving energy and reducing your carbon footprint. October is an ideal time to address your energy use for a number of reasons. First, you still have plenty of time to… SEE MORE
The Maine Boat Show - Maine's Newest Boat Show
Debuting this fall at Thompson’s Point in Portland, The Maine Boat Show will feature dozens of Maine’s finest boat dealers, builders, services and marine related vendors. The October 4-6 event is produced by the Maine Marine Trades Association, a nonprofit industry association. A fall boat show is new for the organization according… SEE MORE
Connecticut Fishing Report Week of September 19th, 2019
ATLANTIC BONITO & LITTLE TUNNY fishing is very good. Atlantic Bonito and Little Tunny (False Albacore, Albies) have been reported at The Race, Niantic Bay, Jordan Cove, Sunken Island, Middleground, Norwalk Islands, South Benson Pier, Stratford Shoal and Sasco Beach. These lightning fast fish are so quick and schools move… SEE MORE
America's Great Loop: "The Last Great Adventure."
The Great Loop has been called “the last great adventure in North America”, and it’s gaining in popularity as hundreds of boats follow the 6,000-mile continuous waterway route every year. The Great Loop takes boaters up the Atlantic seaboard, through historic canals, across the Great Lakes, down the inland rivers… SEE MORE
Mayflower II Launched Into Water After 3-Year Restoration
By Jackie Bruno and Kaitlin McKinley Becker. A restored replica of the ship that pilgrims sailed to Plymouth in 1620 was launched into the water in Mystic, Connecticut, on Saturday for the first time in three years. On a sunny day in Mystic, with just enough wind to fill the… SEE MORE
Connecticut Recreational Fisheries Regulations for 2019
Striped Bass Minimum length: 28 inches Daily creel limit: 1 fish per angler Open Season: Open Year Round Bonus Striped Bass Fishing Program Summer Flounder (Fluke) Minimum length: 19 inches Daily creel limit: 4 fish per angler Open Season: May 4 - September 30 Enhanced Opportunity Shore Fishing Sites the Minimum Length… SEE MORE