The angler and crew aboard the Queen of Hearts in Bermuda had to wait until the early hours of July 5th to find out they had won the 23rd annual Fourth of July World Cup Blue Marlin Championship (World Cup). Standing in their way was the crew aboard the Hokulia I who had hooked a [...]

The Parks and Recreation Section of the Division of Natural Resources has announced the selection of Fred Bartels as the trainmaster at Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, Kevin Dials as assistant superintendent of Kanawha State Forest, Dennis “Mike” Powell as superintendent of Cathedral State Park, Lynette Simko as assistant superintendent of Cabwaylingo State Forest and [...]

Following an invitation from the board of ASA to attend the 50th Anniversary of ICAST, new EFTTA President GREGG HOLLOWAY also joined their breakfast meeting and then a private lunch meeting with the ASA board, JAFTMA, Australian Fishing Tackle Trade Association, and Canadian Sportfishing Industry Association.

Leroy M. Young, Jr., a 26-year employee of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) has been named as the agency’s Director of the Bureau of Fisheries.
In announcing the appointment, PFBC Executive Director Doug Austen said, “Leroy will bring to the bureau director position a wealth of experience and the ability to work with a [...]

EFTTA made a major impression at the huge ICAST50 tackle trade show held in Las Vegas - by unveiling our exciting plans for EFTTEX 2008 in Rome and our new digital magazine, EFTTA Trade News.
The event, in the Las Vegas Convention Centre, attracted more than 6,700 visitors over three days and occupied 350,000 square [...]

The DNR has adopted an emergency rule to permit a series of three controlled Canada goose reduction hunts at Summit Lake State Park.
Various non-lethal methods of managing the Canada goose population at the park have not been successful.

A team from EFTTA visited this year’s 50th anniversary ICAST event in Las Vegas, and watched as the USA fishing tackle trade celebrated the best new products and stands at the show.
This year, the ICAST New Product Showcase was more competitive than ever. Sponsored by Fishing Tackle Retailer, 180 companies entered more than 600 tackle [...]

LITTLE ROCK – Waterfowl may not be on the minds of many duck hunters, but last week’s meeting of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission mainly focused on that sport. Specifically, the Commission announced the proposed duck season dates. The Commission also heard a proposal to ban any electronic device used as a wildlife decoy [...]

Nearly 20 different organizations and agencies signed an agreement yesterday pledging to work together to provide recreational shooting opportunities along Colorado’s Front Range.
The U. S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado Wildlife Federation, National Wild Turkey Federation, Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW), Colorado State Parks and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, are just [...]

Hot and dry conditions are pushing Colorado’s black bears out of their natural range in a search for food. As in years past, this means that residents in bear areas need to use extra caution with attractants such as trash, pet food, barbeque grills and birdfeeders; however, beyond the usual warnings and challenges, officials with [...]

Policy Watch is a monthly update for the sportfishing community about the American Sportfishing Association’s Government Affairs activities. For more information on ASA Government Affairs activities, contact Gordon Robertson, vice president and Government Affairs lead, 703.519.9691, x237, Patty Doerr, Ocean Resource Policy director, x244, or Mary Beth Charles, Policy Fellow, x230.

Well, I caught my first fish in years on a nymph today. I fish the Savage River in Western Maryland and today was sunny and hot but not a fish was rising even though some hatches were on. I’ve wanted to learn how to nymph fish but don’t have the confidence yet. I’ve tried in [...]

the east arm is closed for concrete works( daylight hours), so head off to the west arm ( infectected by the dis-infectected). if you manage to overtake a bay then good sized wrasse taken on fresh worm bait to be expected. mackeral also showing , but few and far between.
best catch [...]

Thinking of getting the travel beach 4pc one of these. Did a search and there seems to be a few positive comments on them.
Anybody got any opininions of it? Good for general beach fishing?
Floppy? Suited for rough/clean/mixed ground? terrable, excellent, just ok? Light enough to hold for wrasse fishing?
any info on it would be [...]

fished a mark with 2 tides last night broad haven way last minute thing really as the weather was so good,3 hours fishing produced 3 plaice all around 12 inches,a small pout few mackie on the spinning rod and a shed load of pollock, put the lack of plaice down to the sun having gone [...]