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1 week ago | 
thefisherman.com | Jim Hutchinson |Dave Anderson
The 14th annual Bi-State Shad Fishing Contest will run from April 24-17 with thousands of dollars in cash and prizes being awarded, with payouts to 10 places for the overall biggest shad and payouts to the top four fish for each day of the contest, plus bonus prizes.
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1 week ago | 
thefisherman.com | Dave Anderson |Jim Hutchinson
The International Game Fish Association (IGFA), the global authority on world records for all game fish species, is excited to announce the launch of new Junior Line Class and Junior Tippet Class World Record categories, giving anglers aged 16 and under even more opportunities to be recognized for their achievements on the water.
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1 week ago | 
thefisherman.com | Dave Anderson |Jim Hutchinson
Opening Day of trout season has just passed, on April 12, but the 60,000 fish stocked by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) in more than 100 freshwater locations, will provide great fishing all spring long. Some of these locations have been designated as ‘children only’ providing an enhanced fishing opportunity for youngsters across the Ocean State.
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1 week ago | 
thefisherman.com | Matt Broderick |Dave Anderson
seaguar.comIf you’re the type of angler who’s serious about quality gear, the Seaguar JDM Grand Max Fluorocarbon Leader is something you’ll want to have in your tackle box. Known for its superior performance and durability, this leader is designed for those who refuse to settle for anything less than the best. One of the first things you’ll notice about the Grand Max is how tough it is.
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2 weeks ago | 
thefisherman.com | Jim Hutchinson |Dave Anderson
Stats from NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Department of Interior have pegged the number of saltwater anglers in New Jersey at anywhere between 500,000 and 1.5 million over the past 20 years. Yet as of December 30, 2024, there were 117,809 individuals and 1,264 for-hire vessels registered for 2024 in the free New Jersey Saltwater Recreational Registry Program.
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2 weeks ago | 
thefisherman.com | Jim Hutchinson |Dave Anderson
You’ll typically see a news brief write-up about a Galloway fisheries meeting related to the New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council. However, before the volunteers on the state fisheries board can sort through the fish scraps, it’s up to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) to divvy things up along the coast. This week, MAFMC is also meeting in Galloway, the one meeting this year when representatives from many different Mid-Atlantic States gather here in the Garden State.
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2 weeks ago | 
thefisherman.com | Dave Anderson |Jim Hutchinson
We’ve all heard that false albacore taste like cat food and cook up to a putrid shade of greenish-gray, but if you survey an entire jetty of albie-chasers, you’ll be hard-pressed to find one that’s actually tried cooking them. At least, that used to be the case. In more recent years, the popularity of chasing these green torpedoes has skyrocketed and there’s been a growing number of albies finding their way onto dinner tables across the Northeast.
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2 weeks ago | 
thefisherman.com | Dave Anderson |Jim Hutchinson
Nantucket, Massachusetts’ second-largest island, is ramping up its battle against BOEM and the Federal Government with a suit that aims to end the development of offshore wind that threatens the island’s iconic views and tourism economy.
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2 weeks ago | 
thefisherman.com | Dave Anderson |Jim Hutchinson
Rhode Island remains the last southern New England state to uphold the age-old tradition of maintaining an Opening Day of trout season. If you’ve been chomping at the bit to get into your favorite stocked pond, your wait is almost over. According to the DEM website, the state stocks 85 bodies of water throughout the Ocean State and they are pretty evenly distributed throughout.
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2 weeks ago | 
thefisherman.com | Dave Anderson |Tony DUrso |Jenni Ackerman
Matching your surf rod to your casting style and personal preferences will foster consistency in your casting and catching. Never has there been a time in sportfishing when the average angler was more ‘gear obsessed’ than right now, and I don’t think that upward trend is going to flatten out any time soon.
