Editor’s Log: 2026 Marine Registry Reminder
The 2026 season is starting to come together across the Northeast, and you can feel that early shift happening day…
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Editor’s Log: Fireside Chat
On the morning of April 14, 2018, I was manning a table at the old Ocean City fishing flea market…
Editor’s Log: At Show Season’s End
Ask 100 individuals who work in the recreational fishing industry how they feel about the winter fishing shows and you’re…
Editor’s Log: MRAC Moves Key 2026 Regulations Forward
As we move toward April and the start of another fishing season, New York’s saltwater anglers are beginning to get…
Editor’s Log: Investing In NJ Fish
Last year I wrote of how Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has a $104 million budget, though I’ve seen…
Editor’s Log: Optimistic Insanity
We’re a little past the one-year mark of my last editor’s log on this subject. If you missed it, grab…
Editor’s Log: Turning The Corner
March has always felt like a reset button around here. The days start to stretch a little longer, the boats…
Editor’s Log: Eye On The Future
As you’ll see in our news briefs (20% Increase In Sea Bass, Fluke & Porgy Stay The Same) it’s mostly…
Editor’s Log: “Safety First” On The Ice
Back before I was a fishing editor, I used to work in a paint store. One of the owners of…
Editor’s Log: A Live Bait Ban Would Cripple Tackle Shops
Every generation of anglers faces challenges, but not all of them come from changing fish stocks or shifting seasons. Some…
Editor’s Log: Out With The Old
Did you get your Island Beach State Park (IBSP) buggy permit? Me neither. And based on conversations I’ve had with…
Editor’s Log: You Can, Too
Writing has always been my way out. For whatever reason, I was gifted the ability to put words together, and…
Editor’s Log: New Year, Same Drive
There’s always something grounding about that first issue of the year. While most anglers are still shaking off the holidays,…
Editor’s Log: Read At Your Own Risk
My college journalism professors leaned heavily into the inverted pyramid concept of news writing. Think of an upside-down triangle, with…
Editor’s Log: All Or Nothing?
The last couple months have been tumultuous in my bubble-world as a fishing editor. It began with public hearings scattered…
Editor’s Log: The Year In Review & What’s Ahead
As another fishing season fades into the rearview, December always has a way of pulling everything into perspective—our highs, our…