A Brookhaven Town project to drain and excavate mud and sentiment with heavy machinery from Lower Yaphank Lake, also known as Lily Lake, is set to begin within weeks, yet little is being done to protect resident fish and the native brook trout population in Carmans River below the lake.
The New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council (Council) meets on Thursday, July 13 at 4 p.m. at the Galloway Township Branch of the Atlantic County Library at 306 East Jimmie Leeds Road in Galloway, NJ, just off Parkway exit 41.
As many of you know, I have a 4-year-old son, Aiden, who at this point in time has just as big of an interest in fishing as I do.
T here surely must be some longtime west end jetty jockeys turning in their graves about now with the recent announcement that the Long Beach City Council has unanimously passed an ordinance prohibiting anyone at any time from walking or climbing on Long Beach jetties.
This it, my final fluke editorial of the year.
I became obsessed with trying to land one of these fish, but despite my best efforts it began to look like it was simply not in the cards until the night of the full moon.
Back on Friday, May 19th, myself, Craig Berkhardt of Smith Point Bait & Tackle, and representatives from the Long Island Beach Buggy Association, including several board members, met with new Suffolk County Parks Commissioner, Philip Berdolt and principal environmental analyst, Nick Gibbons at County Park Headquarters in West Sayville.
Kids say the darndest things! “Mr. Hutchinson, are the bigger fish the ones that make babies? If they are why do they want us to keep those?”
Long Island Editor, Fred Golofaro, wrote a very timely topic for his April Editor’s Log simply titled “Know The Regulations.”
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.
