The Fisherman

April 1 marks the start of open-water fishing on the big lakes that the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department manages for landlocked salmon and lake trout.

Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) extendeds the prohibition on the taking of alewives and blueback herring through March 31, 2016.

Close to 500,000 brook, brown, rainbow and tiger trout will be stocked across Massachusetts this spring.

As part a collaborative effort to mitigate the impact of acid rain and restore brook trout to the Adirondacks, New York state helicopters delivered 80 tons of lime to an acidified pond in the Five Ponds Wilderness Area.

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will host a public hearing on April 2 with federal government officials to discuss controversial seismic testing plan.

Get out of the house after all the snow this winter and join our friends at the Black Hawk for some great food, meet great people, and get excited for the 2015 fishing season!

Be on the lookout in the Farmington River area of Connecticut for your shot at a stocked trout worth up to $5000!

US Coast Guard units kept busy in April with a pair of groundings including a commercial fishing vessel in Point Pleasant Beach on April 8 and a 600-foot bulk carrier on the Delaware on April 1.

Your chance to win a new Contender 22 Sport and Yamaha F300 engine, with AmeraTrailer custom aluminum trailer valued at $85,000 to support the fight for your right to fish.

New Jersey’s longstanding blackfish (tautog) record has fallen as angler Frank LaMorte hoists a 25.37-pound blackfish onto the scale at Jim’s Bait and Tackle in Cape May on Friday, April 17th.

Join L.L.Bean for their first annual surfcasting event at the flagship store located in Freeport, Maine.

Three officers and their canine partners from the CT DEEP Environmental Conservation K-9 Unit have completed training in the detection of illegally caught fish.

The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries has taken emergency action to immediately reduce the commercial and recreational harvest of Gulf of Maine cod.

In an effort to combat elver poaching, the fine for taking eels smaller than 6 inches has been increased in Massachusetts.

One lucky angler in Connecticut hooked and landed a trout on Opening Day which was worth $5000!

New Jersey’s summer flounder, black sea bass and striped bass bonus program get updates for 2015 after an April 9th meeting of the New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council in Stafford Township.