With Option 5 of the fluke management plan approved by ASMFC’s technical committee and signed off on by NOAA last Tuesday, New York’s Department of Conservation is proceeding with emergency regulations to adopt the approved measures.
“So what’s the deal with fluke?”
As you will see, I didn’t end up with a local feature this month on trout fishing. I was back and forth on what to cover as trout fishing across New England is so varied in how, when and where it is practiced.
The potential proliferation of wind farms off of Long Island’s shores has generated considerable debate among residents, and especially among those who live, work and play along its shores.
Just out of college and living alone in a one-room shack on LBI, it finally struck me just how tediously long February could feel (strange given the fewest actual days of any other month in the year).
Despite the misconception that I have an easy job and spend all my days fishing, there is a lot more that goes into putting out a weekly magazine than I had ever imagined when I took the helm of the New England edition of The Fisherman just over five years ago.
There is a lot of talk out there about how few kids, and young people in general, are not fishing these days.
It’s been a rather rocky start to the New Year for the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife (DFW).
Without really intending to do so, this month’s issue came together with a bit of a theme to it—in the local section anyway.
Blowfish, once the bane of inshore anglers intent on catching flounder and fluke appear to be well on their way to a comeback.
“Six years of low recruitment.” That’s what NOAA Fisheries says about the summer flounder stock; six straight years of diminishing…
Over the course of the past year, I’ve been bombarded by folks calling, complaining and asking what I’m going to do about a host of regulatory, access and enforcement issues.
January is a tough month for many New Englanders.
Monomania is defined as an obsessive zeal for, or interest in, a single thing, idea, or subject.