The future of fishing?
Posted September 20, 2008 | LINK | Forum Comment
This comedic public service announcement features Reno 911's Cedric Yarbrough as the fish and game warden who has a problem with the fisherman's catch, it's the biggest fish he's ever seen!! Is this the future of our ocean's? Today, 90% of the world's big fish have been consumed by overfishing, pollution, and habitat destruction.
Angler has miraculous escape after catching HIMSELF in freak fishing accident
Posted Sept. 3rd, 2008 | LINK | Forum Comment
Peter Inskip, 42, had to be cut off his own line after a two-inch lead weight shot through his neck and lodged at the top of his chest.
The engineer said: “I could see the line hanging out of a perfectly formed hole.
“It was still attached to my rod, which was in my hand, and I could feel the weight in the back of my throat.
Angler's ashes turned into fish food
Posted August 25th, 2008 | Via: The Telegraph UK LINK | Forum Comment
After his death last month he was cremated in a wicker fishing basket coffin, and his ashes were mingled with 30lb of fish food.
Mr Hodge's widow Caroline and daughter Sally were the first to catapult balls of the bait into the River Huntspill to signal the start of an angling competition among Mr Hodge's friends.
Matt Boutet Photography
Posted August 25th, 2008 | Link
Some nice work from Saco Maine based Matt Boutet.
Dean Ween hosts Web fishing show
Posted August 26, 2008 | Link | Brownie Troop F.S.
NEW HOPE, Pa. - Mickey Melchiondo - who most know as Dean Ween in indie-rock superstars, Ween - has turned a childhood addiction into a strange, new adventure as a Web Bassmaster.
The 37-year-old Bucks County, Pa.-born guitarist stars in his own reality-type Internet show where he takes Ween fans on his weekly fishing trips down the Delaware and at the Jersey shore.
Tying the Sharpie Pen Glass Buzzer by Davie McPhail
Posted August 26, 2008 | Forum Comment
What not to do when a lure gets stuck in your eyelid
Posted August 21, 2008 | Forum Comment
Fisherman performs self-surgury with the help of a car mirror.
Great White caught 3 miles off Sea Girt NJ beach
Posted August 21, 2008 | Forum Comment
According to reports, a Great White Shark was caught just 3 miles off the coast of Sea Girt, NJ. The fish weighed approximately 200 pounds and was 6.5' in length. The anglers thought it was a Mako at first but were shocked to see its huge jaws and quickly realized that they had a Great White Shark on the end of their line. The Jersey Coast has been known to be a nursery for such White Sharks.
Enjoy your swim this weekend.
High seas photography by Richard Gibson
Posted August 12, 2008 | Link
Richard Gibson captures some breathtaking images of the world's greatest gamefish.
Gibson has been traveling the world for the last 25 years in pursuit of his passion, open water photography of billfish and the anglers who pursue them. The amazing beauty of a wild Billfish, leaping out of the water, lit up in a dazzling display of vivid blues, silvers, golds and more, is what inspires Gibson to attempt to capture this beauty with the lens of his camera.
The Amazing Lyrebird of Australia - unseen footage
Posted August 12, 2008 | Forum Comment
Slow down and appreciate nature with David Attenborough and his Seinfeld bird.
Fishing show host saves drowning camera, leaves camera man behind
Posted August 12, 2008 | Forum Comment
Bill Dance yucks it up on camera in what appears to be a staged video blooper. Think he still wears a mesh hat? Sure he does.
Firefighter finds unique way to grab his catch from surfboard
Posted August 2, 2008 | Link
Joe DeMelia sometimes carries extra gear when he goes fishing. Like a 10-foot long, stand-up paddle surfboard. Actually, he has to keep itlight when he fishes from his surfboard. He takes a fishing rod and reel and a weighted treble hook, and that's it.
DeMelia is the guy often seen off the Brigantine jetty, or at the surfing beach next to the Ventnor Pier or in the surf at Atlantic City, standing up on his surfboard with a long paddle, catching waves with what looks to be more ease than the surfers.
The 41-year-old Atlantic City firefighter got the idea to put two of his favorite recreations together. He learned to fish where he grew up in Florida and spent time in Hawaii, where he saw the paddle surfboard in action. It's paid off with a pair of 40-pound-plus striped bass, the heaviest weighing in at 46 pounds.
N.J. beach closings on the rise
Posted July 29, 2008 | Link | Forum Comment
TRENTON - A new report shows pollution and overdevelopment taking a toll on water quality at New Jersey's beaches. The number of closings at the state's ocean and bay beaches rose last year, even while declining nationally.
The annual beach quality report released Tuesday by the Natural Resources Defense Council shows New Jersey beaches in worse shape last year than in 2006. Beach closures or advisories occurred on 142 days last year in New Jersey, eight more than 2006. While many of the closings were precautionary, the report shows some were because of elevated bacteria in the water.
Environment New Jersey's Doug O'Malley blames development at the shore for the rise in bacteria in the water and calls on Gov. Jon S. Corzine to halt sprawl.
Camden County resident nominated for Field & Stream Hero of Conservation
Posted July 28, 2008 | Link | Forum Comment
Hunting dogs with muddy paws are not the most welcome passengers in spotless, new pickup trucks. If Joe Matter ends up being chosen as this year's Field & Stream Hero of Conservation, he'll win such a truck -- and he'll gladly deal with the paw prints.
Matter, a 56-year-old Camden County resident, is one of 12 people nominated for the national award. Rather than ban his beloved dogs from the new Toyota Tundra, should he win the award, Matter said he'll cover the seats with blankets. And if he wins the $5,000 second prize, he'll use the cash to keep on helping his favorite game bird: the bobwhite quail.
Researchers find sponges living in Delaware Bay
Posted July 28, 2008 | Forum Comment
Researchers say they have found colonies of sponges on the floor of the Delaware Bay.
Douglas C. Miller, an associate professor at the University of Delaware's College of Marine and Earth Studies, said the sponge is being sent to an expert for identification. Miller says previous research on the bay bottom found worm colonies that build reef-like structures, but not the sponges recently found. The $167,000 research project is designed to learn more about what lives on the bay bottom.
The project is being conducted by the federal Environmental Protection Agency, the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, state officials in Delaware and New Jersey and researchers from the College of Marine and Earth Studies of the University of Delaware and Rutgers University.
Information from: The (Wilmington) News-Journal
Biotech, Green Technology Interests Talk NJ with Governor Corzine
Posted July 25, 2008 | Link
TEL AVIV – Israeli venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and research scientists are all talking about potential business opportunities and partnerships with New Jersey, Governor Jon S. Corzine told reporters during a conference call today from Tel Aviv.
During the second day of his official visit to Israel, Governor Corzine said meetings have focused on three key areas: economic, cultural, and geopolitical, which includes terrorism and homeland security issues. But thus far, the potential for business opportunities has taken center stage.
N.J. fish docks slow down, but maintain national rank
Posted July 22, 2008 | Link
New Jersey's fish docks maintained their spots in the top 40 of America's most productive ports during 2007, as seafood consumption and recreational fishing catches declined slightly, perhaps in an early signal of economic slowdown, according to a report in the Asbury Park Press.
The report said the annual National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Fisheries of the United States report showed the recreational catch, as estimated by angler surveys, declined from around 468 million fish in 2007 from an estimated, all-time high of 475 million fish in 2006. While the catch was down, NOAA surveys suggested anglers made 86.7 million trips to salt water last year, an increase of 1.2 percent from 2006.
Gypsy moths chomp northward
Posted June 15, 2008 | Link
Gypsy moths did more damage this year than last, chewing the leaves off some 340,000 acres of trees, the state estimates.
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But it could have been worse, the state Department of Agriculture said in reporting Monday the results of an aerial survey it conducted last month. The number of acres defoliated grew just 6 percent this year, after more than doubling between 2006 and 2007, Agriculture Secretary Charles Kuperus said. "The rate of increase in the gypsy moth population in the state is showing signs of slowing down," Kuperus said. And, he said, in news welcome to South Jersey if not the state as a whole, the voracious pest appears to be moving north.
Tree damage increased by 40,500 acres in Sussex County, while falling by 34,000 acres in Burlington County and by 6,000 acres in Ocean County.
Snakehead causes great concern and a potential danger to the environment
Posted June 15, 2008 | Link
AGFC biologists are killing every snakehead they find in their research, but they're not optimistic that they can eradicate the population.
"We can't be sure exactly where this population came from and we just don't know how far they've spread," added Oliver. "Their abilities to live in extremely poor water conditions and reproduce quickly make them a difficult target to completely eliminate."
John Odenkirk with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries has worked with the species since its discovery in the Potomac River in 2004. He said the fish are harmless to people, contrary to their vicious reputation.
On active duty in Iraq, an enlisted man pursues the fish of a lifetime
Posted June 15, 2008 | Link
Referred to by others as "the old man and the sea," Sgt. 1st Class Douglas Anderson said fishing is a welcomed break from the routine while serving in Iraq. The fish is a Tigris salmon, a type of carp indigenous to Syria, Iraq, and Iran estimated at about 105 pounds. Anderson needed to consult the states for equipment to land the near 6-foot-long fish.
Redneck fishing tournament, no rods allowed
Posted April 25, 2008 | Forum Comment
Folks are up to their forehead in flyin foreign fish. There are two main rules. One, you can't use a fishing pole and two, fish at your own risk.
Landing trophy tarpon puts former President Bush under microscope
Posted April 25, 2008 | Link | Forum Comment
After catching and releasing a 135-pound tarpon off Islamorada, Fla., on Saturday, former President George H.W. Bush and his guide received some flak from a handful of conservation minded anglers for a photograph of the trophy catch. A reader sent reporter Byron Stout of The News-Press in Fort Myers the picture, pointing out that the ex-president's fish didn't have a $50 tarpon tag, a rope was through the fish's easily-damaged gills and the fish was out of the water.
Subway cars hit bottom on Atlantic City Reef
Posted April 25, 2008 | Link | Forum Comment
44 decommissioned stainless steel subway cars were deployed on the Atlantic City Reef site as part of the Artificial Reef Program. The AC reef is located 8.8 nautical miles offshore of the Absecon Inlet, has a depth range of 50 - 90 feet and is four square miles in size. Also located on the AC reef are Redbird subway cars, concrete, reef balls, telecommunication cables, army tanks, tires and various vessels all of which total just under 65,000 cubic yards of reef material.
Strange invaders in local waters
Posted April 25, 2008 | link
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The mitten crab is showing up along the East Coast and is among a number of invasive species that threaten to push out local wildlife. There is a lot of strange stuff underwater these days. Most of it is still below the Mason-Dixon Line, but the appearance of Chinese mitten crabs in New Jersey is a warning. The crabs are native to East Asia, and, if they grab a foothold in U.S. East Coast waters they could have negative ecological impacts.