Tackle Tip: Freshwater Change-up
A little tweaking in either the presentation or appearance can go a long way at upping the livewell count.
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Offshore: Catch What’s Available
So you leave in search of tuna and still come home with a full fish box, what’s wrong with that?
Surf Fishing: Swimming With Needlefish
More than just a pencil with hooks, a needlefish plug should swim, wiggle, dart and glide.
Inshore: The Ponytail
Ponytails are a simple and effective favorite amongst fishermen targeting bluefish.
Big Apple
Back in 2006, the folks at The Fisherman headquarters in Shirley, NY asked me up to join the Long Island team at our home office.
Striped Bass Do Si Do
Call it the Striped Bass Do Si Do, or maybe a little Hokey Pokey; I’m not 100 percent up on what dance moves the kids are doing these days since I stopped doing the “Running Man” and the “Cabbage Patch” a long time ago, but this feels like little more than a square dance gone wrong to me.
Striped Bass Update
Results of the preliminary stock assessment have fishery managers looking for answers to help rebuild the striped bass fishery.
Casting Stones
On April 18, a young man from Pennsylvania fishing with his two young sons on the Jersey side of the Delaware River hooked up with the striper of a lifetime.
Spring in the Groove
As I sit here and write this week’s Editor’s Log I am wallowing in self-pity as a result of a rather poor outing at a local trout stream.
Product Profile: Okuma Azores Blue Saltwater Spinning Reels
Introduced at last summer’s ICAST Fishing Tackle Show, Okuma’s next-gen Azores Blue spinning reels were born and bred for heavy use in the unforgiving coastal saltwater environment.
Profile in Angling: The Ballad of Dick Murray
Meet The Judge, a talented canvas artist and local fixture at the rocks at Barnegat Light.
Profiles in Angling: Janet Messineo
Eight questions with accomplished angler and taxidermist, Janet Messineo.
Freshwater: Fish Eggs-actly for May Trout
Tempting trout beyond the madness of Opening Day with tried-and-true salmon eggs.
Inshore: Striped Bass Release Essentials
A few simple tips to help reduce the mortality rate on released stripers.
Surf Fishing: Starting Early
The case for skipping the river bite and heading out front right now for large striped bass.
Governor Cuomo Signs Menhaden Purse Seine Bill
A couple of months back, we told you the New York State Senate and Assembly had both voted for legislation to prohibit the taking of menhaden (bunker) by purse seining.
