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Big Striper Hearing This Coming Wednesday Evening, 9/17, 6 p.m. in Narragansett
As we move closer—for better or for worse—to watching the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) plan out the next steps in its handling of the intensifying troubles facing the striped bass stocks, various “user groups” (i.e. charter captains, surfcasters, private boat fishermen, and commercials) are showing their true colors as they take formal positions on a suite of proposed management options at public hearings currently underway across the Northeast.Sep 12th, 2014
Fishtails Chunk Bite–Day and Night–Yields Yellows, Longfins, Bigeyes, etc.
Out in the throes of a serious procrastination jag Thursday night, I decided to run one of my time-honored routes … Sep 5th, 2014
Solid Night Tuna Bite, Fishtails to the Dip
Ready or not, it’s Labor Day weekend, and whatever else has gone on in this bizarro season to end all bizarre seasons, this is the time to @#$% or hop off the proverbial pot. Whatever has supposedly been running late, if it’s not here now, smart money says it’s probably not coming (obvious exception the things we typically don’t see until September, like albies, tautog, etc.). Aug 29th, 2014
Fish Focus: Anger Management
For the last bunch of years, I’ve scratched out a ridiculous number of published words on the subject of fisheries management. The last two or three seasons, much of that output has related to what many fishermen and I have seen as the increasingly bleak state of our striped bass resource—a position that has remained up for active debate until quite recently. Aug 27th, 2014
SEIZE SEPTEMBER: FISHABLE WEATHER 101
If you keep your wits about you, you can take back many days your buddies lose to the Weather Gods. If the onset of September does one thing to our fishing, it ups the ante on our ability to predict and capitalize on fishable weather.Aug 27th, 2014
GET READY FOR FURIOUS RUNS
It’s the second half of the fishing season and time to start targeting bonito and false albacore. Last year few false albacore were around but local anglers caught their share of bonito.Aug 27th, 2014
Bigeyes on the Prowl At Atlantis
I’m struggling to fight off the growing suspicion that this is going to be one of those seasons when things come crashing down much earlier than usual—and much earlier than many of us suspect.Aug 22nd, 2014