Editor’s Log: Freedom, Fishing & 250 Years Of America
As we celebrate the Fourth of July this year, there is an added significance to the holiday. America is marking…
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Editor’s Log: Artificial Engagement
We have arrived at a crossroads in the way we communicate as human beings. Social media has become an extension…
Editor’s Log: Legalize Shark Fishing – Part II
The time has come to legalize surf shark fishing at the Jersey Shore! The New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council (Council)…
Editor’s Log: Rain Check
Father’s Day is this Sunday, June 21. Two years ago I wrote about my version of The Perfect Day based…
Editor’s Log: When To Fold ‘Em
My last two fishing trips have not gone exactly how I had hoped. After an intense weekend wind storm (and…
Editor’s Log: The Value Of A Fishing Journal
Every angler knows someone who always seems to be in the right place at the right time. While experience certainly…
Editor’s Log: Search “Fish” Bills
New Jersey legislators have introduced several bills in Trenton related to fishing and fisheries management. I know some readers prefer…
Editor’s Log: Striper Math
If you’ve followed along for these last five years that I’ve been back at the helm of this magazine, then…
Editor’s Log: The Biggest Bass Of The Year
Every year, somewhere around the middle of June, the photos start showing up. They arrive in my inbox, on social…
Editor’s Log: One Word, Or Two?
I’ve been at The Fisherman long enough to witness a lot of “bait and tackle” trends in the striper fishery. …
Editor’s Log: One Word, Or Two?
I’ve been at The Fisherman long enough to witness a lot of “bait and tackle” trends in the striper fishery. …
Editor’s Log: “Those Fish”
I think anyone that has fished for any species for a long time and obsessively followed their movements and patterns,…
Editor’s Log: Volunteer For Veterans
It’s Memorial Day, a three-day weekend to kick off the unofficial start of summer, and the mad weekday rush back…
Editor’s Log: For What It’s Worth…
With such an incredible spring run of stripers, and given that striped bass are my favorite fish to target, I’m…
Editor’s Log: Sand Sense
Summer beach driving on Long Island is one of the great traditions of the surf fishing season, but it can…
Editor’s Log: In With The New
My first editor’s log of 2026 back in January – Out With The Old – focused on the “half-baked lottery…
