Fishing Advices - Fishing Advice and News: General News A fishy ice-fishing outcome ================================================================================ John Ryan - Mercury News on 26 February, 2009 09:25:00 A fishy outcome Innocence is lost forever. The world of competitive ice fishing has gone to the cheaters. Saturday in Somerset, Wis., Lee Shehow was declared the winner of a contest to benefit the Somerset Youth Athletic Association. California ban on salmon fishing likely for 2009 ================================================================================ Fisherman on 26 February, 2009 09:22:00 Prospects are not good this year for the folks who fish for salmon off the California coast - or for the people who like to eat it. No ! spring chinook season ================================================================================ Abby Haight, The Oregonian on 11 February, 2009 08:32:00 The Deschutes River won't open to a spring chinook season because the projected numbers of returning wild fish continues to decline. The Deschutes River is permanently closed to all chinook fishing, but sports seasons are opened under emergency rule when the projected numbers of returning wild fish exceeds management goals. Are you went ice fishing on a 60 degree day ? ================================================================================ Regina Brett on 11 February, 2009 08:27:00 Go ahead. Blame the shifting winds, the glaring sun, the lake effect. Blame global warming and Mother Nature. Heck, go ahead and blame the walleye. Blame everything under the sun and the sun. Just don't blame the Coast Guard. That's what some ice fishermen are doing. Will EU buoy bore Iceland's fishing industry? ================================================================================ Colin Woodard on 28 January, 2009 01:57:00 The government collapsed this week and banks are on life support. Icelanders are now giving the European Union another look. The fishing trawlers are tied up four-deep at the pier, their crews unloading from – or stocking for – long, nearly sunless days spent plying the banks of the frigid North Atlantic. PETA's anti-fishing attack reels in a bulk of a critic ================================================================================ Fisherman ! on 28 January, 2009 01:53:00 You may accept heard about PETA's new anti-fishing campaign, which refers to angle as sea kittens. The primary ambition of the attack is to beacon kids abroad from fishing by advertence angle with beautiful and caressible animals. The bright PETA website shares Sea Babe stories, sells Sea Babe T-shirts and implores accouchement to accompany its Sea Babe crusade. Northeastern Louisiana report ================================================================================ Fisherman ! on 25 January, 2009 03:27:00 Bass are fair about abysmal grass on jigs with trailers. Crappie fishing is slow. Best fishing continues to be fishing the abysmal baptize with jigging spoons for largemouth and chicken bass. Crappie fishing is fair about abysmal besom with some nice angle getting bent on jigs or shiners. Corinella fishing belvedere saved ================================================================================ Fisherman ! on 25 January, 2009 03:23:00 WHEN association of Corinella begin out that allotment of their jetty, which doubles as a "top notch" fishing spot, was due to be burst because of assurance concerns, some able animosity emerged. Corinella, on the shores of Western Port Bay, Victoria, has a deep-water approach casual appropriate up to both the anchorage and the baiter access and abounding bounded homes accept a baiter bivouac about on the property. Scientists study DNA. anatomy of Cetomimidae, and find that 3 fishes are 1 ================================================================================ Fisherman ! on 23 January, 2009 09:37:00 Researchers believe they have solved the puzzle of three seemingly different fish, one all males, one all females and one all juveniles. They're the same fish, and undergo remarkable changes as they mature. "You can imagine it was a pretty exciting discovery," said G. David Johnson, an ichthyologist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. "The pieces kept falling into place." Bank on Snapper ================================================================================ Mike Conner,, Managing Editor on 16 January, 2009 02:29:00 You don't catch bait for the challenge. You climb mountains for that. Yet bait catching had become more challenging than it needed to be. Finding pinfish wasn't our problem. They were simply being outhustled to our shrimp-sweetened hair hooks by ravenous, 6- to 9-inch mangrove snappers that bore those bold, black feeding bars over their eyes. Those eyebrows would've made Groucho Marx proud. Daytime Swordfish Fishing ================================================================================ Pat Ford on 16 January, 2009 02:19:00 I’ve always wanted to catch a swordfish, but I have this problem—I need my sleep. The thought of leaving the dock at 8 p.m. and getting back at 5 a.m. would only interest me if the “Baywatch” cast made up the crew. For this reason I completely missed the swordfish mayhem of the 1970s, and after the longliners were run out and these magnificent fish began to reappear, I was appreciably older and even more addicted to a good night’s sleep. New PETA campaign to rename fish 'sea kittens' ================================================================================ JESSICA DAMIANO on 15 January, 2009 10:43:00 PETA, the group behind the "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" campaign, has a new target -- fish eaters. In attempt to pressure consumers with guilt, the group wants fish to be rebranded as "sea kittens." Time for a new fish tale? ================================================================================ Beth Daley, Globe Staff on 15 January, 2009 02:42:00 A decades old fish story may be about to change. Yesterday, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced they would once again tighten the web of restrictions around fishermen. Fishing for optimism: 2009 promises to be challenging year ================================================================================ Barbara Dean-Simmons on 15 January, 2009 10:37:00 Transcontinental Media "It's going to be a tough world to be doing business in, no matter what your line of business is." That's Earl McCurdy's summation of the year ahead. New Tactics For Lake Michigan Trout & Salmon ================================================================================ Mike Schoonveld on 12 January, 2009 02:02:00 New-age lines and better quality fishing gear add up to more salmon and trout in your cooler on our Great Lake this season. (May 2008) Those Dangerous Leaping Fish! ================================================================================ Polly Dean on 12 January, 2009 01:52:00 Along the southern seaboard and right up the Mississippi River drainage, we anglers and boaters have a new peril to fear. The fish are coming out of the water after us! For most boating anglers, a day on the water means a chance to relax and maybe even catch a few fish. Women’s Surf Fishing Club unique on East Coast ================================================================================ ANDREA TAMBURINO on 12 January, 2009 01:50:00 The Women’s Surf Fishing Club of New Jersey was organized in 1952 and is currently the oldest and only such club on the East Coast. The club is a member of the parent organization, the Association of Surf Angling Clubs (ASAC). Bonus Tailrace Fishing On The Ohio River ================================================================================ Ed Harp on 12 January, 2009 01:46:00 The mighty Ohio keeps on churning through the coldest of winter months, providing excellent tailrace angling for walleyes, hybrid stripers and more. The Ohio River is one of the nation's greatly underappreciated fisheries. True, it's not the best black bass fishery. In fact, it's poor in that category by almost any standard -- except for smallmouths in its upper stretches. Far too much attention is paid to the river in this regard. Yes, bass are fun to catch and are one of the most popular species in our country, there's no doubt about that; however, there are many other challenging species to catch out there as well.