Fishing Kayak Buyer’s Guide 2021
A look at two-dozen of the hottest fishing kayaks on the market.
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Boat Sense: Getting Your Boat Ship-Shape
Here are five useful repairs, replacements and reconditions that can help have your boat ready for splashdown.
Springtime Blues: A Time For Topwater
The spring invasion of “racer blues” can provide some of the best topwater action of the season.
Plug Building 2021: The Cutlass Supreme
A modern take on a Rhode Island classic that has been producing large striped bass for years.
Slow Pitch Sea Bass: New Tactics For An Old Classic
You may have heard of the slow pitch concept, but now’s it time you actually used it to your advantage.
A Magic Plug? Know Thy Needlefish
The needlefish is a deadly and versatile weapon in the surf, you just need to know which one to throw and when.
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…
Community Mourns Loss Of ALS Tagging Director
The American Littoral Society (ALS) and its fish tagging program suffered a tremendous loss on January 27th when its program…
Fluke & Sea Bass Remains Mostly “Status Quo” Again In 2021
Coastal anglers hoping to get a couple of extra days of fluke season or perhaps an earlier start to the…
NJ Marine Fish Council Expected To Possibly Vote On Cobia Regs, Maybe
During a tragic 24-hour stretch in Washington DC mired by violent sociopolitical upheaval over democratic issues mired in controversy, conspiracy…
Circle Hooks & Stripers In 2021
The back bay striped bass season gets underway as of March 1 in New Jersey as anglers return to the…
A Message To Fishermen From Outgoing NOAA Staffers
In a recent guest editorial in the National Fisherman magazine – a magazine geared towards commercial fishermen – two outgoing…
ASMFC Votes Yes To Tube-And-Worm – To Revisit Other Circle Hook Issues
So what about tube and worm, pork rinds on bucktails, rigged eels, or eel skin plugs? There are still plenty…
$30,000 Offered In Boatus & Berkley Recycling Contest
Berkley Fishing and the BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water have recently teamed up for a year-long Recast…
New York Freshwater Angler Achievement Awards
Each year, New York State’s lakes, rivers, ponds, and streams produce large numbers of trophy-sized fish. The New York State…
Recreational Striped Bass Circle Hook Proposed Regulation, Public Comments Accepted Through March 8
DEC has released a new proposed regulation for public review and comment that would require the use of circle hooks…
