ONE ANGLER'S VOYAGE

After spending over 50 years on and around the water, I have realized that without strong fisheries laws and effective conservation measures, the future of salt water fishing, and America's living marine resources, is dim. Yet conservation is given short shrift by national angling organizations and the angling press. I hope that this blog will incite, inform and inspire salt water fishermen to reclaim their traditional role as the leading advocates for the conservation of America's fisheries.

Thursday, April 3, 2014

IF YOU WANT A FISHING INDUSTRY, IT HELPS TO HAVE FISH

›
Tuesday kicked off winter flounder season here on Long Island. Nothing happened.  I won’t say that nobody went out, and that nobody...
3 comments:
Sunday, March 30, 2014

RED SNAPPER ANGLERS EMBARRASS US ALL

›
This week, red snapper anglers down in the Gulf of Mexico, along with the National Marine Fisheries Service, got spanked by a federal judge...
29 comments:
Thursday, March 27, 2014

THE FACADE OF "FLEXIBILITY"

›
“Flexibility” is one of those words that just sounds good.  It’s a friendly, mushy, go-along-to-get-along kind of word.  It’s opposite, “ri...
Sunday, March 23, 2014

WHEN THE HERRING CAME IN

›
When I was growing up in Connecticut, alewives running up the Mianus River were a sign of spring. We didn’t call them “alewives” back t...
1 comment:
Thursday, March 20, 2014

FORSAKING THE FLOUNDER

›
Quoting—or misquoting—Rodney Dangerfield is something of a cliché.  But the fact is, winter flounder get no respect. Maybe that’s becau...
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

Charles Witek
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.