The Fresh Water Fishing Blog

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Reading through the news today I saw this article about the largest fresh water fish ever caught with a rod and reel. Actually I wouldn’t call it a fish, but that’s just a technicality I suppose!
It was a stingray! [...]

I was reading through some reports on last year’s fishing and found a great summary for the state of Maryland.
Did you know that Maryland has muskies in it? I didn’t! I’ve always thought of maryland as a warmer southern state, but this report has shown me otherwise.
There are also some excellent pictures [...]

I have to admint I always cringe when someone orders catfish when we’re at a restaurant. Being a freshwater fisherman in the north-eastern US, I’ve always looked at catfish as a sort of trash fish. Something that’s fun to catch but you’d never dream of cooking up and eating!
Perhaps it’s their ugly whiskers and tough [...]

I was reading a short little article about the effect of the climate changes (global warming) on different countries and it made me wonder – will we really see these predicted changes in our lifetime?
Here’s the article I read:
Climate change hits fishing economies
What do YOU think? Is there truly global warming going on as the [...]

If you live in or near the state of New York and like to freshwater fish there, you should have a look at the new and proposed regulation changes that the state is considering.
Quick reference: http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/51001.html
These changes are not set in stone yet, the state is allowing you to give them some input prior [...]

Freshwater fishing is my favorite, but once in a while I may go saltwater fishing.
It’s not a common occurence, but when I do go, it’s usually in Townsend’s Inlet, NJ or Cape Cod for stripers. But it looks like there’ll soon be no more unlicensed saltwater fishing for me and anyone else living in the [...]