I’m in Montauk this week and next.  So being that I’ll be writing blogs in-between 8-plus-hour stints of chasing unusually sparse pods of albies and stripers, expect uncharacteristically brief...

  The penalty for using the F-word when growing up was worse than having to wash one’s mouth out with soap. It usually meant getting grounded for some period...

The fish pulls; she swings the pole back, lifting the line out of the water, the fish flops on the bank.  Excited at the catch, she smiles and releases...

A recent NRC report on rebuilding fisheries is right about some things, but if history is any indication, it’s wrong on others   Back in 1996, Congress enacted the...

More waters could be closed to recreational fishing when the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council meets this week in Charleston, S.C.   On Wednesday morning, the council’s Snapper Grouper...

The desire to point the finger without acknowledging our own impact is endemic in the angling community     So…  It looks like there are quite a few people...

Recreational Fishing Community needs to find common ground with the Environmental Lobby     This past week I spent some time in DC, common slang for our nation’s capitol...

Amendment 7 could curb bluefin bycatch, but at what cost to anglers By now, it’s cliché to talk about how destructive and bycatch-prone surface longlines are.  But I’ll go...

A slow bluefin tuna season with larger than average fish prompts concern     The New England Bluefin tuna season has seen a slow start and it does not...

“Ever see any of those silver carp out here?  You know the ones that have knocking people out of their boats lately.” One night a few years ago a buddy...