Features
Buckle Up for the Rainbow Ride!
This year’s crop of rainbow trout stocked in New Jersey waters promises for another banner spring-into-summer season.
Fluking in the New Year
As we wait to learn our fluke fate this month, here are a few summer flounder tips to tide you over until the first tides of 2017.
Summer Flounder of Spring
As we wait to learn our fluke fate this month, here are a few summer flounder tips to tide you over until the first tides of 2017.
Spring’s Tackle Busting Blues
As you’re reading this, the arrival of marauding bluefish may already be underway somewhere between Indian River and the Raritan!
2017 Dream Boat Challenge
Get the details on The Fisherman’s 2017 Dream Boat Fishing Challenge. The ultimate subscriber only, multi-species fishing competition.
A Trophy Dozen: Where To Find Your 50-Pounder
From spring through fall, here are a dozen locations on the Striper Coast that could connect you to that mystical 50-pounder.
Family Fishing Boats
The ideal family fishing boat can go a long way toward building a lifetime of lasting memories.
Distance Matters: Baiting Beyond the Bar
There’s no need to look beyond standard surf gear when it comes to improving your casting distance.
Mini Travel: Northeast Musky Destinations
The Northeast offers plenty of places to tangle with the fish of 10,000 casts.
A Light Approach: Casting For Fluke
Casting will expand your fluke fishing skills and put more fish in the cooler.
The Blessing Of The Cursed Blues
Always willing to brawl, the spring arrival of these yellow-eyed battlers on the inshore scene is a celebrated event.
More In This Issue
Texas Tower #4
Most offshore guys know about the Texas Tower; she went ghost in the last two years as the NOAA offshore buoy #44066 that marked the location went adrift on January 11, 2015, was retrieved on the following day, and then finally redeployed on November 17, 2015.
Sealing the Deal
Anyone who fishes the Northeast from Long Island north to the Cape during the late fall has noticed the increasing number of seals in these waters over the past decade.
Pick Your Braid
In 1991 Western Filament introduced Tuf-Line, the first superline, followed soon after by Spiderwire and Berkley’s Fireline, which ushered in the modern era of braided lines, probably the most significant fishing tackle innovation in the past 50 years.
Cod With Crab Meat Topping
Here’s a great recipe for those of you who stocked up on cod this winter, or for those who are working on spring-run fish.