Greetings from Charleston!

Our friend, and favorite fish artist, Mike Savlen and his new bride Donnalee recently moved to South Carolina where Mike has found some new local subjects. 

Mike is offering prints of this piece on watercolor paper and if you order one from his site he'll sign it for you.

Back from the Bayou

Coastal Game Fish Bill Introduced In North Carolina

Game on!

House Bill 353, which seeks game fish status for Red Drum, Speckled Trout, and Striped Bass, was filed in the North Carolina House today (March 15, 2011) on behalf of CCA NC.  A game fish designation prohibits the taking of any species by means other than hook and line and also the sale of the species. 

The continued decline in the Spotted Sea Trout stock, the directed commercial harvest of Red Drum, as well as the inability of the Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) to address wasteful commercial fishing practices of Striped Bass, figured highly in the decision to introduce this bill.

LINK ( Via: Ahab's Journal)

Take Action! If you're from North Carolina an e-mail to your state legislator would certainly help, all their email addresses are availble at NC Gamefish.

For those of us not from the Tar Heel state, an email to the office of Governor Bev Perdue @ governor.office@nc.gov would send a strong message that there is widespread support for this bill.

Stalking Reds

Red Drum, Red Drum

 Redfish schooled up at Whiskey Pass, S. of Houma, LA.

End bowhunting of Louisiana's last gamefish

Despite being a designated "gamefish" in the state of Louisiana, redfish are not protected from being harvested by bow and arrow or spear gun. Louisiana is the only state along the Gulf that allows any gamefish to be harvested with an arrow or spear.

The CCA has put out an advocacy alert to anglers to voice their support for a bill in the Louisiana Legislature to fix this glitch so that red drum are provided the same protection extended to other species designated as “gamefish.”  LINK