Editor’s Log: ASMFC Striped Bass Board Does Right On Circle Hook Regs
The initial proposal for requiring the use of non-offset and non-stainless steel circle hooks when fishing with bait for striped…
From The Editor
Editor’s Log: Boating License – Do I Or Don’t I?
With more people than ever taking advantage of the outdoors since the onset of the pandemic, boat ownership and usage…
Editor’s Log: California Role
I know, some of you don’t like mixing fishing and politics, I get it! So, if you prefer not to…
Editor’s Log: State Parks FAB Update
The State Parks Fishing Advisory Board (FAB) continues to meet virtually due to limitations imposed by Covid-19, with the most…
Editor’s Log: Talking In Circles
New Jersey’s back bay striped bass fishery reopens this month. As I understand it, the original reason for the January/February…
Editor’s Log: Commercial Striped Bass Talk
In a somewhat surprising move, the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission (MFAC) came out of their January 28 meeting with…
Editor’s Log: Comment Period For Striped Bass Circle Hook Regulation
There has been a lot of static surrounding the requirement by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to require the…
Editor’s Log: A Wild Ending
I was all set this month to let off some more steam about the new striped bass circle hook regulation….
Editor’s Log: Mourning In Belmar
I once asked Al Ristori, at 83, if he had anything left on his bucket list. “I really don’t,” Ristori…
Editor’s Log: State Park Fishing Permit Info
Very little has been “normal” in 2020 thanks to the pandemic, and as we enter the new year, the same…
Editor’s Log: The Transition
Some folks tell me they don’t like mixing fishing and politics. Fair enough. But since many anglers like knowing how…
Editor’s Log: Striped Bass Circle Hook Regulations Miss The Mark
In this month’s News Briefs you will see an item on the announcement concerning the regulation requiring the use of…
Editor’s Log: Fished Through It
Thankfully, the Year of COVID is quickly coming to a close; honestly, it couldn’t have happened soon enough! Looking back…
Editor’s Log: ‘Tis The Season
From Christmas to Festivus, Chanukah to Kwanza, this is the season of giving as reflected in the annual Holiday Gift…
Editor’s Log: Learning From A Heartbreaking Tragedy
It has been a couple of weeks since 16-yearold Joe Rera went missing from the Moriches Inlet jetty at Cupsogue….
Editor’s Log: Last Cast
This is the final, 26th weekly edition of The Fisherman for 2020. Our December monthly issue will go to print…