Largest Fresh Water Fish Ever Caught

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! You know the kind that caused the “croc hunter” Steve Irwin’s death. This one was caught in Thailand. It weighed 55 stones, which converts to 770 pounds! Check out the article below:

World Record Fresh Water Fish

Maybe some day you or I will get that lucky!

Here’s to our success!

Catch you later.

PS – Markel Boat Insurance has sponsored this post!

Freshwater Fishing Report for Maryland

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 of anglers with their catches on the site. If you have a few minutes, go check this out! I’m sure you’ll enjoy this as much as I did!

Maryland State Fishing Report

Catch you later.

Catfish Recipes Anyone?

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 gristly mouth – I’m not sure, but I know that lots of folks truly enjoy a good catfish meal. So being non-prejudicial in my blogging, I’ve found something while cruising the web that I thought I’d share with all of you who enjoy cooking up catfish. God bless you all! 🙂

Check out this post from the Mooresville Tribune:
Favorite Catfish Recipes

Hope you enjoy these and I’ll catch you later.

Fresh Water Fishing and the Climate Changes

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 scientists say? Or is this just a bunch of hype to get us all worrying about nothing? I haven’t made my mind up on this yet. True, there are limited resources on this planet and we’re using them up at an alarming pace. But will our greed for more cause this global warming and meltdown of our planet, as predicted.

I dislike the fact that we are using up so many of our planet’s resources and in the process, we are killing off certain animals and other vegetation which may never be seen again. But how do we change. Does Obama really have the answer?

And the greed of the oil companies and their owners have caused all of us to completely rely on their petrol based products through their corrupt governmental manipulations. We should have had alternative transportaion means years ago and yet we still rely on technology created at the end of the 1800s?!?!? What’s wrong with this picture? The oil companies ran the exploration of electric vehicles right out of business 40 – 50 years ago. And we’re just now starting the electric vehicle process all over again. Makes you wonder who really runs the world’s economies!

And what about the electric generating plants? With all of the nuclear (sorry George W – it’s not nucular!) waste they produce. The nuclear plants have been negatively affecting our fresh water fishing for years. Both with the warming of the water and the damming of rivers that used to allow the fish to migrate. What are we going to do with all of that nuclear waste that takes millions of years to dissipate? What are we leaving as a leagacy for our children and grandchildren?

I don’t have all the answers – obviously! But as a freshwater fisherman, I love nature and care about what happens to our natural resources. I try to do my part to help keep the water and land clean. I want these things to be here for my grandchildren to experience – don’t you? I want them to be able to fish and actually catch and release something other than someone’s old boot! 🙂

So here’s to tomorrow! May we all do a little something extra to help our world and conserve its resources. Lets try to leave this world a little better than the way we found it! What do you say?

Catch you later.

Freshwater Fishing in NY – Licensing Changes

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 to enacting the new regulations.

So while the weather is still cold and you’re looking for something to do, peruse through the proposals and send off a quick e-mail to them letting them know what you think of them.

Here’s that link again:
http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/51001.html

Get involved and make a difference – one person can change the world!

Catch you later.

Freshwater Fishermen vs Saltwater Fishing License

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 USA!

Tough times and all the mess that the economy is in are being used as the latest excuse to grab more of our money. What do you think about that? I’m not real happy about it.

I was reading a post about the subject in the Times of Trenton Sports News section. You can check it out here: http://www.nj.com/sports/times/index.ssf?/base/sports-1/1233464727155740.xml&coll=5

Unfortunately, it looks inevitable for a saltwater fishing license, but it’s still not too late to write your state representatives and let them know your thoughts!

Catch you later.