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Pogies off Plum Island This morning the Pogie show opened again. The fish were flipping about in quite a large school off the beachfront. These were pretty big and easy to snag. While Jim Dave and myself were there between 5 and 8 am folks were

If you’re looking to catch a shark August is one of the better times of the year to target them in my region. To begin with the ocean is flat most of the month unless we get a swell from a storm so you can run out offshore in a bay boat or eve

The Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) is a North American species of fish in the herring family, Clupeidae. Atlantic menhaden are found in the North Atlantic coastal and estuarine waters from Nova Scotia south to northern Florida. They are co

There’s a lot of anglers that use self-propelled watercraft in my region and just a wide-open option of places to launch and fish. The Mosquito Lagoon is so shallow and has some many ponds canals and little backwater areas that you could fish

By PAMELA D’ANGELO Atlantic Menhaden the tiny fish that two years ago created big trouble between Chesapeake Bay environmentalists and commercial fishermen is surfacing once more. Scientists have found new data that may prove there’s more

In my region we get a lot of king and Spanish mackerel although we don’t see the cero mackerel that the guys in South Florida and the Keys have. That being said mackerel fishing is the staple of our region. Spanish mackerel are very aggressive

August is a great time to target sharks in the Central East Region because the ocean is calm and the baitfish are schooling along the beaches within a mile or two of shore. For the most part the bait schools will be Atlantic menhaden (pogies) but th

Kingfish are one of the most targeted species by offshore anglers in the Northeast Region because they can be really abundant and are a lot of fun to catch on light tackle. The majority of kings we find in my region will be in anywhere from 20 to 65

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fter the ASMFC (Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission) passed a historic vote in December quantifying the first ever limits on the commercial harvest of Atlantic Menhaden the battle to finally recognize the resounding importance of the tiny Men

  Enlarge Commission Votes to Reduce Menhaden Harvest by 20 Percent The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission on Friday approved an amendment that will reduce the total allowable catch of Atlantic menhaden by 20 percent beginning in 2013.

Tarpon season in South Carolina is just around the corner. As the water temperature increases huge schools of Atlantic menhaden will begin to arrive throughout the areas’ nearshore and inshore waters. As the baitfish arrive so too will the thou

// Concerns Rise For Striped Bass and Atlantic Menhaden MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries declared summer flounder “viable” in its 2011 Stock Status Report released today. Summer flounder had been listed as “r

A public hearing on Draft Addendum V to Amendment I of the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Toms River Municipal Building L.M. Hirshblond Room at 33 Washington Street. Proposals for reductions

// ASMFC Atlantic Menhaden Board Initiates Addendum to Increase Abundance and Spawning Stock Arlington VA – The Commission’s South Atlantic State Federal Fisheries Management Board has approved Addendum I to Amendment I to the Interstate

// ASMFC Atlantic Menhaden Board Initiates Addendum to Increase Abundance and Spawning Stock Arlington VA – The Commission’s Atlantic Menhaden Management Board initiated a draft addendum proposing an interim biological reference point of