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    After night of eging

    Finally found some calamari on 5/18-19 in RI, after 2 unfruitful trips to Hyannis, MA at the end of April and early May. Three of us caught about 20 gal from 10pm to 5am from a boat. Nothing to brag about in old standards. But the night like this is hard to come by these days, especially with...
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    Black Hole Charter Special - Now 3 of a Kind

    Yeah, it was an amazing experience. I never knew triggerfish (gray as well) grow that big, either. Our charter caught them about 40 miles offshore out of Beaufort NC, just north of the SC border. It was like jumbo offshore BSB fishing up here, as some spots had those big ones and some nearby...
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    Black Hole Charter Special - Now 3 of a Kind

    Wow! This looks amazing. The only problem now is I am going to wish something I can't ever get when I am using mine 😢. I totally agree with you on: "..love this rod for the specific purpose of handling outsized weighted rigs whilst offshore..". I used it in NC offshore bottom fishing over 200'...
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    Menhaden - The Biggest Little Fish . . .

    Why should we care about what is happening in the Chesapeake Bay? It is because the Chesapeake Bay is the biggest (by far) estuary system among Eastern estuaries that feeds into Atlantic Ocean. It is connected to 150 rivers and streams from 6 states (VA, MD, DE, WV, PA & NY) and DC. Its health...
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    Menhaden - The Biggest Little Fish . . .

    It is definitely getting more media exposures, but it is far from over. To many that have been fighting for this, it is only the second 1/2 beginning of an ultra marathon race. The legal action you mentioned was not against Omega Protein directly, but VMRC, the VA agency appointed to make...
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    Sheepshead for Dinner

    The taste of sheepshead varies depending on the season according to its spawning cycle, as any species would. It is more significant for the case with sheepshead. In the post spawning stage in late winter and spring, it doesn't taste good at all. It tastes like "unpleasantly wet white fish...
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    Shimano Grappler Sale at Tackle Direct

    Thank you so much for answering questions and writing for all these wonderful other options. I mentioned that Grappler popping model because it was such a great deal to miss and I already had the other ML in spinning model, also just bought G Loomis Pro Blue at 25% off for a slightly heavier...
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    Shimano Grappler Sale at Tackle Direct

    Thanks for a great information as usual, Lep! I already have the combo of 6' ml along with Evict 2000, that you have as a believer of your expertise since the hey days of the other site - though I didn't post any until recently on this site. I just wanted to give you a long overdue appreciation...
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    Fluke. Seabass, Porgy Regs 2024

    In case you are interested, I am posting the YouTube video link below that shows how they catch cods, fertilize and release the eggs from a Korean documentary. Sorry it's all Korean w/out a translation. Since it is long, if you just want to see; - how they collect and fertilize; 12 minute 45...
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    Fluke. Seabass, Porgy Regs 2024

    They do, but they continue increased restocking efforts to maintain the fishery. I have seen actually a new releasing method other than farming of cod fingerlings. They actually release fertilized eggs directly to the kelp forests near the shore. In order to obtain a permit and fish the spawning...
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    Fluke. Seabass, Porgy Regs 2024

    Yeah, it is a little complicated topic. I did it to suggest as an idea for the paradigm shift that can possibly be a start of solving the problem. Though I am not an expert to share rich scientific details on the issue, let me explain a little more on where I am coming from that may respond...
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    Fluke. Seabass, Porgy Regs 2024

    I can't agree more with George on this. Further, the catch restriction alone on the already declined stock whether it is striper or flounder will not work. It will require a paradigm shift; starting from the better governing system of state, regional and federal level per task. I think the...
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    Do Blackfish Spawn in the spring?

    I agree 100% that tog should be closed for both RI and MA during April and (especially) May. They should rather open in Jan to Feb. or March, for same creel limit (3/day) or even slightly more (since fishing pressure will be much lower during the winter months). Minimally, they should lower the...
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    Protecting Maryland's Striped Bass: New Emergency Regulations Announced

    Yeah, it's tragic. There used to be so many big stripers, 50-60 pounders, this time of year in CBBT, in front of VA Beach and even down to Oregon inlet NC. You could literally catch a giant bluefin and stripers in the same water. It was an epic scene with miles of fish, birds and boats at the...
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    Protecting Maryland's Striped Bass: New Emergency Regulations Announced

    But it tremendously affects MD (and, further all mid Atlantic states), because it's all VA both sides further down, it's 70 miles stretch in Delmarva Peninsula from the mouth of the bay. When I fished in Cape Charles over the summer, I routinely saw Omega Protein boats working in the lower bay...
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