The spread of didymo has killed fish, shut down trout nurseries and banned felt-soled waders, and now it’s hit another of trout fishing’s premier streams in New York. In the past two weeks, scientists have discovered rock snot in the stretch of the Delaware River from Dingman’s Ferry Bridge in the Delaware Water Gap up [...]
New Jersey Fishing
April 18-19 Salmon River Steelhead
Fished with Ed from New Jersey the past two days and worked hard to catch what we did but ended up doing well. Still seeing fish spawning but most of them are drop backs at this point, with a few browns hanging around for variety.
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Gators on a Zara Spook
There are some things you expect to snag when you're throwing a topwater. But when you've spent your life growing up in Upstate New York and New Jersey, a gator is not one of them. So this past weekend having a sizable gator grab my black Zara Spook was an experience that "spooked" me, for [...]
Yellow Perch Caught in Idaho Ties the Record
It's been a tough year for ice anglers, but Bob Shindelar used some thick ice on Lake Cascade to land a massive yellow perch that ties the Idaho state record.According to The Spokesman-Review, Shindelar landed his 16-inch, 2.6-pound perch on February 11. According to the original report from the Idaho Statesman, the Idaho Fish and [...]
GoFISHn Striped Bass Fishery Survey Results: Not Good
A few weeks ago we launched a survey to ask the Atlantic striped bass anglers among our readers for their opinion of the striped bass fishery.We got 199 responses and a good distribution of anglers from Maine to South Carolina, and a mix of occasional many anglers who caught a few fish to more than [...]
STRIPED BASS RELEASE RECORD
Angler Maureen Klause of Ocean City, New Jersey, landed a striped bass (Morone saxatilis) while fishing the Delaware Bay, with Capt. Ricky Wheeler on December 4, 2011. Klause was fishing the bottom with a bunker (menhaden) head when the 108 cm striper hit. After a 12-minute fight, Klause and Capt. Ricky boated the potential All-Tackle [...]
Home Fishing Tackle Parties: The New Rage?
A bunch of friends sitting around a table ogling the latest and greatest new gadgets. What has to be the male equivalent of Tupperware parties, the new rage is Fishing Tackle Parties, according to My Central Jersey Apparently, "Tackle parties," are growing in popularity. Tackle peddlers like the guys at Chasen Tails Tackle in New Jersey are [...]
2012 Schedule
We are booking 2012 trips now. Obsession Schedule for 2012 We will be back in the water the 3rd week of March. INSHORE STRIPERS, SEA BASS, COD Starts April/ MAY, SEA BASS may be open earlier this year, which will give us a wreck fishing season. SEA BASS, COD and Striper Fishing will be some [...]
