![]() Mackerel...either a Spanish or a Cero. Click on any pic to enlarge. |
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”Where Have All the Stripers Gone?”“I’ve been around long enough to see striped bass populations build up and disappear twice since the late 1960s, when they were abundant. “In those days, when alewives, or buckeyes, were legal live bait, all you had to do was net a couple, impale one live one on a hook, cast it almost anywhere in the upper Thames River between late April and early June, and it was doomed.” Bob Sampson writing at NorwichBulletin.com |
Nasty Naugy Not So Nasty Now”The Naugatuck River is Connecticut's longest in-state river. It's also known for being one of the dirtiest. But environmental groups and elected officials are celebrating what's being called the early stages of the river's recovery.”WFSB.com |
Climate Projections Show Human Health Impacts Possible Within 30 Years“A panel of scientists speaking today at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) unveiled new research and models demonstrating how climate change could increase exposure and risk of human illness originating from ocean, coastal and Great Lakes ecosystems, with some studies projecting impacts to be felt within 30 years.” NOAA |
Scientists Release the First Rescued, Rehabilitated Sea Turtles Back into the Gulf“…they released 23 Kemp’s ridley sea turtles back into the Gulf of Mexico near Cedar Key, Fla., after the turtles were successfully rescued and rehabilitated from the effects of the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill.” NOAA |
NOAA Surveying Economic Contributions of Saltwater Angling“NOAA is again surveying saltwater anglers across the nation to update and improve estimates of the overall economic contributions of saltwater recreational fishing to the U.S. economy…. Throughout 2011, NOAA will survey a random sampling of the more than 15 million saltwater anglers in each of the 23 coastal states and Puerto Rico for the 2011 National Marine Recreational Fishing Expenditure Survey. The survey will include a random sampling of people who fish from shore, from docks, from party or charter boats and from privately owned boats.”NOAA |
![]() This time...this time for sure...when the truck comes they're going to drop something that's good to eat. |
![]() Entering Snake Creek, we found Portuguese Man o' War jellies all over the place. Note that this "Man" has a symbiotic companion...a small fish. Click on any pic to enlarge. |
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NOAA: January 2011 Ranked 17th Warmest on Record"Last month was the 17th warmest January for combined global land and ocean surface temperature since records began in 1880. La Niña, with its cooling effect on the central and eastern tropical Pacific, continues to be a factor in global ocean temperatures."NOAA |
Police Find More Illegal Striped Bass Netting in MD"This is the eighth time in three weeks that patrol boats dragging grappling hooks have snagged submerged nets. The total length of confiscated nets is 5.5 miles and the weight of the poached striped bass, also known as rockfish, is 12.6 tons."Baltimore Sun |
Using Soft-Plastic Baits”Soft-plastic lures, in all their sizes, shapes, colors and styles, can be almost as effective as natural baits. Built-in scent and a variety of configurations—shrimp and fish imitations, eels and shad-style bodies with different tail shapes for lifelike action—can be deadly over a wide range of water types and fishing situations. Tuna on the continental shelf, stripers on the jetties, snook and tarpon in the inlets, and redfish and trout on the flats — there is scarcely a situation in which soft plastics can't do the job….”Salt Water Sportsman |
Deer to Be Removed from Charles Island”The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), along with Audubon Connecticut and the Connecticut Audubon Society today announced that as part of an overall management plan to protect one of Connecticut's largest heron and egret breeding colonies (rookeries), the small deer population on Charles Island in Milford will soon be removed.”StamfordPlus.com DEP kills 17 deer on Charles Island“Three wildlife biologists hunted and shot 17 malnourished deer living on Charles Island Friday morning, a state spokesman said."None of the animals were healthy enough to be saved, he said." Milford-Orange Bulletin |
Striper and Mycobacteriosis”There is a research project that is trying to stop a disease that is killing off striped bass. Stripers Forever has announced an outreach initiative to raise money for research on mycobacteriosis, a deadly fish disease that is increasingly prevalent in the Chesapeake Bay where the bulk of stripers that....”NYPost.com |
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![]() Wayne, Tony, and Jim were out after permit. |
![]() Caught a bunch of them. This ladyfish weighed in at 2.5 pounds. Pretty good size for a "poor-man's tarpon." as they're often called. |
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![]() One of the ladyfish jumped so far out of the water it was looking back at us at eye level...and we were standing up. |
![]() By Sunday he was out on the water with us. Catching fish. |
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