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.

Sunday, July 7, 2024

TO KILL A FISH: OF SPORTSMANSHIP AND EXPECIENCY

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  I started fishing when I was very young, catching a bergall (more properly, “cunner”) not much after my second birthday, and used the tip ...
Thursday, July 4, 2024

WHY REGULATE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES?

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  Photo: In a different era of fishing technology When I was young, marine recreational fisheries, at least in the northeast, were virtu...
Sunday, June 30, 2024

A NEW LOOK AT SHARK DEPREDATION

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  Shark depredation, defined as a shark striking and eating part or all of a fish that has been hooked by a commercial or recreational fishe...
Thursday, June 27, 2024

CATCHABILITY

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  Fishermen and fishery managers often disagree about the health of fish populations. A while ago, I reported on a recentstudy that tried ...
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Sunday, June 23, 2024

WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH BLACK SEA BASS?

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  New York’s black sea bass season opens today, and I’m curious what it will look like. Family obligations, along with an unfriendly ocean...
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