IGFA Billfish ID Quiz

Test your billfish IQ.

45-Inch Red Drum Caught on Cape Cod

On May 27, angler Chris Cavanaugh, of Norton, Massachusetts, pulled a trophy-sized red drum – a southern species more commonly associated with Florida and the Gulf States – from the chilly waters of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.

LINK (via: On The Water)

Fly rodding for Asian carp

You read it here first....

As soon as it felt the hook, the monster took off on a run that stripped my fly reel of all its line and a good part of the backing.

LINK (via:The Choctaw Plains Dealer)

RETHINKING BLUEFISH MANAGEMENT

A new benchmark stock assessment for bluefish has just been completed.  The assessment is so new that the entire document is not yet available, although a summary has been posted onthe Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s website.

However, even the summary confirms something that anglers and fisheries managers have both known for years.

Bluefish are predominantly a recreationally caught species, with recreational harvest making up approximately 80% of total removals in recent years.

LINK (via: One Anglers Voyage)

Last-Ditch Plan Aims to Prevent First Drought Extinction of Native Fish

Noah’s Ark supposedly provided shelter to animals from the rising floodwaters. But at a federal breeding site near Shasta Lake, Calif., the opposite is occurring: The tanks of Livingston Stone National Fish Hatchery are providing refuge this summer for salmon nearly out of water. There, staffers are rearing the only insurance policy that the Sacramento River’s winter-run Chinook have against extinction: a living genetic bank of 1,035 baby fish, selected to reseed the population should it extinguish in the wild.

LINK (via:Scientific American)

2015 International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo

The oldest fishing tournament in the United States is also one of the lamest.

LINK