What Are Saltwater Anglers Thinking?
Every four years, beginning in 2010, NMFS and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission hold a “Recreational Fishing Summit” in an effort to get some …
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Pioneering Study Promises to Shed Light on False Albacore
The American Saltwater Guides Association has teamed up with the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life to conduct a pioneering study of …
Home Waters
A must-read from our friend Charlie Witek, spoiler alert below. All of us, who have taken our joy from the water, have a solemn obligation …
Sometimes, We Need To Admit That The Fish Just Aren’t There
Some more words of wisdom from Charlie Witek Over the 60-plus years that I’ve spent on and around the water, I’ve found some things to …
STRIPED BASS AMENDMENT 7: Where We Are, And What Still Needs To Be Done
Charles Witek with an update on Amendment 7. We’re less than two weeks away from the next meeting of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s …
ANGLERS’ ANTIDOTE FOR INSTITUTIONAL ARROGANCE
Charles Witek with some observations from this week’s Saltwater Recreational Fishing Summit which we had the opportunity to also attend. Beginning in 2018, the summits …
Denying The Reality Of Overfished / Declining Stocks
The denial of overfished stocks has played out with striped bass, bluefish, cod, red snapper, and now we hear the same language when it comes …
Are You Willing To Do What It Takes?
Charles Witek asks, what are you willing to do what it takes to help save striped bass? We’ve all heard the saying, “No pain, no …
What Can The ASMFC Do About Striped Bass Release Mortality?
Year after year off Cape Cod I’ve witnessed recreational anglers mishandling small bass before returning them to the water. Managers have only two choices if …
In This Tarnished Age of Blue Water Fishing
You could substitute a myriad of other species and disciplines in this headline and these words of Charles Witek would ring true across the board. …