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Conservation When it Counts

If you’re worried about the future of striper stocks, now’s your time to make a difference...

Kids Fishing – Sowing the Next Crop

I have, since the birth of my daughter, Kaya, who is now the age of four, taken on a whole new view of a topic which used to trigger my gag reflex.

Tarpon Mysteries Revealed Through DNA

Fish tagging and marking is a common tool in fishery science and is used to obtain important information about a fish species.

It’s Time To Go Non-Compliant On Red Snapper: The Broken System Can’t Work

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, at its April meeting and under the hammer of the Federal Courts, declared the ridiculous recreational season for red snapper to be eleven days. As reported last month in this column, the Council had no choice. The recreational quota had been exceeded for the sixth time in seven years.

Restoring Beyond the Shore is Critical to Gulf Recovery

When the Deepwater Horizon exploded four summers ago, we all watched as BP’s well endlessly poured gallon after gallon of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

Yellowstone Cutthroat Fighting For Survival

For more than eight years, the effort to re-establish populations of the iconic Yellowstone cutthroat trout to their native Yellowstone Lake has been ongoing.

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Lake Erie’s Big Brown Bass

Lake Erie boasts some of the best smallmouth bass fishing in the world. On this massive lake, the Eastern Basin offers a stellar habitat for bronzebacks.

Under The Sea – Slings and Polearms

There’s a retro-movement taking place—a trend toward primitive hunting gear. Slings and polespears are used in places that do not allow trigger mechanisms.

Upstate New York Bass on the Fly!

For an angler, being outside and fishing in a short sleeve shirt with no one around should be enough to call any day a success. This day was about to get better. As we cast into a river with increasing water temps and a majority of the steelhead already back in Lake Ontario, our expectations of a tight line were low. Soon enough, as we launched large flies into the water, the addicting tight line grabs began. These fierce strikes were not steelhead, but hungry smallmouth bass. We enjoyed a full day on the river swinging 4-plus-inch flies and catching more than 25 smallmouth bass apiece.

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ELLE with a snook

Fished all around Lake Toho, but just before we went in…

Marathon Wahoo

Wahoo on Mono