VIDEO: Footage From The Fall Run
More cool footage from Peter Laurelli on Vimeo.
Forgot about these but thankfully found the latest one via Lowbrow Angler.
STRIPED BASS: Driving a Good Thing Into The Ground
Earlier this month the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), which essentially decides the fate of the striped bass population along the coast in terms of cull numbers, voted to increase the commercial catch quota.
This despite evidence on the front lines that the stripers aren’t doing as hot as the numbers suggest.
People had some strong [...]
300-MPH Torrential 8-Weight Blues
“We’re talking about practice, man.” –Allen Iverson
In the period of winter dormancy there’s a fine line to walk between considering yourself a fisherman or just someone who likes the idea of it. There are things built around it all to engage in, like the daily scanning of other peoples’ thoughts and images, and the expos. [...]
New stingray at Ningaloo
Scientists have discovered a new species of stingray at Western Australia's Ningaloo Marine Park.
McPhee On Pickerel
I stopped subscribing to the New Yorker a few years ago, mostly as a time saving measure. My Dad still gets it. He cuts out articles from newspapers and magazines that I might like and mails them to me, and this week he clipped a New Yorker essay by John McPhee about fly fishing for [...]
Fishers urge reef zoning rethink
Commercial fishers say they want zoning rules on the Great Barrier Reef reviewed.
Close the Parks? Paterson, You’re Gone
So this is what it’s come down to in the budget, closing State Parks–some of the only accessible green in the giant NY metro complex–to trim budget deficit. Even though it likely will save very little money.
People are coming up with schemes to keep the parks open. Private operation, corporate naming rights, non-profit [...]
