Fishing
29-Pound Striper Landed on Cape Cod
BoatingLocal just received word from the guys at Goose Hummock Shop on Orleans, Massachusetts, that local angler Dave (last name withheld) has just landed yet another keeper striped bass taken in the waters off Chatham. The fish weighed 29...
Scenes from the 2012 Big Game Bash
The 3rd Annual Big Game Bash is happening this weekend, and BoatingLocal dropped in on the festivities last night (Friday, Feb. 24). Fishermen were checking out the various sponsor booths and products, and gathering offshore knowledge in the seminars...
2012 CT Trout Stocking Underway
Due to this year’s warmer weather, the Connecticut DEEP has accelerated its stocking schedule. This week the state stocked at total of 1,160 trout into the Mianus River Trout Management Area. No other local rivers were stocked, but expect...
Striper Game Fish Bill Rankles Some MA Anglers
CapeCodOnline: Dean Clark caught his first striped bass in 1946 with a pole his dad gave him after returning from World War II. He was 5, wearing a lifejacket and casting his rod into the rippling river off the...
Warm Winter Keeping Baitfish Inshore
Barrington Times: “I sat there on Beavertail Point, Jamestown, with a pair of binoculars looking toward Narragansett Beach. What I saw was astounding: fish after fish, bluefin tuna jumping: 1 here, then 2 over there,” said Capt. Jim White....
Fishery Managers to Address Striper Poaching
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board initiated an addendum to address illegal striped bass harvest. The Board’s action is in response to recommendations of the Interstate Watershed Task Force (IWTF). The IWTF conducted a...
Cod Assessment Shows Rise in Recreational Pressure
Working Waterfront: As the New England groundfishing community absorbs the shock of the National Marine Fisheries Service cod reassessment in the Gulf of Maine, stakeholders are beginning to sift through the data for unexpected factors that might account for...
Fishing Red Brook Harbor, MA
Lots of fishermen know that Red Brook Harbor makes a great base of operations for trips into nearby Buzzards Bay, the Cape Cod Canal, the islands and the offshore waters south of the Vineyard. The fact that Kingman Yacht...
2012 Big Game Bash This Weekend
The 3rd Annual Big Game Bash will be held this weekend (February 24 and 25) at the Marriott Hotel in Quincy, Massachusetts. The intensive, 2-day seminar is focused on Northeast offshore fishing techniques, and features some of the top...
MA Hands Out 2011 Angler Awards
On February 11 and 12, officials from the Massachusetts Department of Fish & Game (DFG) held 2 ceremonies honoring more than 80 of the state’s top freshwater and saltwater anglers at the Eastern Fishing & Outdoor Exposition at the...
