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    Huntington

    what method was used for stripers?
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    🌊 Around the World in 80 Casts — Weekly Global Fishing News Roundup (May 20, 2026)

    but that's not eels to sunfish, that's bass to snook. they are pretty close. What I've found online for snook does not go up to 48", but shows they are similar: 36" snook is 18.5 lbs, 40" snook is 25.5 lbs, 42" snook is 29.5 lb maybe they reported the length wrong
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    🌊 Around the World in 80 Casts — Weekly Global Fishing News Roundup (May 20, 2026)

    A 48" striper is likely short of 50# unless it is VERY thick. How could a 48" snook weigh 72# ?
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    Fun C&R Codfish Outing

    I can remember that as a child in the 60's, we would drive due south from our lake summer cabin on Big Lake to Jonesport, ME (North of Bar Harbor) and catching cod, haddock and dogfish; always pretty close to shore. We didn't have saltwater gear, so the captain would supply droplines to fish...
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    Amazing BFT Study from University of Maine

    I agree. What do they eat in the mid-Atlantic I always wonder, what makes a seagull decide to pick up and fly a few miles to to other side of the Sound. At least they can see the other side. So what triggers the BFT decision to swim 3000 miles to see what's up on the other side of the...
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    Environmental Conservation Police

    so you want stronger enforcement action out on the water?
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    Environmental Conservation Police

    So are you guys saying you want more boardings, tougher fines, and back the khaki; or lax enforcement, a man's boat is his castle, no boardings without visibly occurring illegal activity? I am a firm believer in the requirement that there should be probable cause for a search and boarding...
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    Good Start

    It's been a good start to the fishing season trolling mojos and bunker spoons in the western sound. The vast majority of fish have been slot size, with a few overs and no unders. I finally started to see some good bait markings in the bay, so I might switch to bait soon enough. The bait I did...
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    Looks like West Marine is going to declare bankruptcy

    They might close a store or two, but WM is not dead yet. A cynical observer might think that announcing that they are thinking about Chapter 11 reorganization (not Ch. 7 liquidation) is a way for rich financiers, in this case owners Oaktree Capital Management, to undo bad business decisions and...
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    NY Mets

    Just when I thought maybe they had pulled out of their fog, they get swept by the Rockies. Pathetic.
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    A bit of irony of the location, but Potomac River Sewage Contamination lingers

    Yeesh. I can remember being down there and there was a pro bass tournament going on in that river.
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    Port Of Egypt Sold

    Thanks for the good read. I love history. Sometimes capitalism can ruin a nice thing!
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    NOAA Fisheries - What’s new, what are they responsible for……

    It seems like they're just like ASMFC - not!
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    New York Yankees

    1973. Games were daytime. I can remember our teacher let one student listen to the pennant or WS games and report to the class. I can also remember fans huddled around NYC storefronts with a TV playing a late season game. And they'll wonder in 10 years why no one cares about baseball anymore and...
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    Magnolia pier

    bonito bonita albacore false albacore I got to take home a bonito no one wanted on a party boat last fall because even the mates thought it was an albie.
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