Editor’s Log: Apples & Orange Juice
The topic of a New Jersey saltwater fishing license came up in conversations at the winter shows, with fee-to-fish supporters…
From The Editor
Editor’s Log: Takeaways From Show Season
The term ‘show season’ may not reside in your vernacular, but for those of us that work in the recreational…
Editor’s Log: Kids, Tiktok, And The Future Of Fishing On Long Island
There’s a 14-year-old somewhere in Nassau County right now who just landed a schoolie striper under a bridge, GoPro strapped…
Editor’s Log: Pass It Along
Welcome to the first of 26 digital weekly editions of The Fisherman for 2025. If you’re a new subscriber I…
Editor’s Log: Rhode Island, We Need To Talk…
Because I grew up in Massachusetts, I didn’t even know opening day of trout season was still ‘a thing,’ until…
Editor’s Log: Spring Fishing Festival At Belmont On Saturday
The family fun fishing festival is coming up once again! New York State Parks and the New York Department of…
Editor’s Log: Fish Photos & Tales
There’s a special kind of magic that happens out on the water. It might be when the sun cracks the…
Editor’s Log: It’s The Economy, Stupid
On December 9, 2015, New Jersey’s then republican governor Chris Christie signed a new law into effect, co-sponsored by four…
Guest Editor’s Log: Hatchery Cuts Can Only Hurt Connecticut
Governor Lamont’s proposed FY 2026-2027 Biennial Budget includes a $500,000 cut to state fish hatcheries. This cut, while it may…
Editor’s Log: Separation Anxiety
Personally, I believe our federal fisheries law is broken. The Magnuson Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson) was a…
Editor’s Log: A Housy Striper Moratorium?
As I was wrapping up the final pieces of this issue I got a text from my friend and former…
Editor’s Log: New Boater Safety Requirement In New York Now In Effect
Since January 1, 2025, all operators of motorized boats in New York State must hold a Boater Safety Course certificate….
Editor’s Log: LaTourette’s Reign Of Terror
According to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), the common law rule of the Public Trust Doctrine was…
Editor’s Log: Praying For Snow
There has been much debate on whether or not the ASMFC made the right choice regarding striped bass back on…
Editor’s Log: Ralph Votta 1944-2025
These are without a doubt the toughest editorials for me to write about but it wouldn’t feel right to not…
Editor’s Log: Hot Stove, Don’t Touch
In 1984, Congress enacted the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act to “promote a coordinated Federal-State partnership for striped bass management…
