The New Hampshire Fish & Game Department is again conducting a Striped Bass Volunteer Angler Survey. The information collected in the annual survey (conducted since 1993) is used in the annual coastwide stock assessment for striped bass. To participate,...

Well-known fishing expert, writer and editor Tim Coleman was found dead yesterday morning (May 3) at 9:47 a.m. on the “sand trail” in the Weekapaug section of Westerly, Rhode Island. He was 65. Cause of death has not yet...

World Fishing Network: New state rules take effect on May 1, 2012, reducing the minimum length and creel limits for recreational anglers taking Atlantic cod in New Hampshire waters. The measure makes New Hampshire’s rules compatible with new Federal...

Falmouth Bait & Tackle on Cape Cod is doing its part to help anglers participate in the free annual fresh- and saltwater fishing derbies run by the state. Here’s how the state derbies work: Freshwater: In the Freshwater Sport Fishing...

Jeff Miller of Canal Bait & Tackle reports on a hot bite of mackerel and stripers in Cape Cod Bay. “Tons of macks being caught in the morning and at sunset,” writes Miller. “The best lure to use is...

Capt. Terry Nugent reports that the first waves of big stripers are now in Buzzards Bay. He has taken numerous fish up to 36” on flies, soft-plastics and topwater plugs. The fish are feeding on everything from silversides to...

CapeCodOnline fishing reporter Rob Conery has shared his weekly fishing report for the Cape and Islands. Among the highlights are: Squid run is on in Nantucket Sound Tautog bite in Buzzards Bay is slowing Reports of striped bass in...

Capt. Terry Nugent of Riptide Charters is getting set to speak at the Buzzards Bay Anglers Club’s monthly meeting on May 10, 2012, at the Mattapoisett Chowder House in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts. This time around, Nugent will reveal his strategies...

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environment (DEEP) is issuing free vouchers to anglers fishing in Connecticut waters (both inland and marine) to take 4,025 striped bass in a size range (at least 22” in length but shorter than...

Chris Parisi of Bad Fish Outfitters reports on a couple of nice fish caught last week (April 27) from the beach in Falmouth on fresh menhaden chunks. “There are a few schools of pogies around, and the bait is...