NJDEP – New Fish and Wildlife Issue

Just a quick post today.

The new “Fish and Wildlife Digest” issue is now avialable for all of you who fish in New Jersey.

It includes highlights of regulation changes for the 2010 year, as well as listing the season dates, size and creel limits and when and where the trout will be stocked.

So cruise on over to the NJDEP site and get your issue today! (It’s available as a pdf download for you.)
Just click on this link: NJ Fish & Wildlife Digest

Catch you later.

Largest Freshwater Fish – A Perch?

What do you think of when someone tells you they caught a perch? You probably think of a small panfish – fun to catch and release, but not big enough to keep and eat. Right?

You can check out some pictures of our typical North American perch here:Labor Day Freshwater Fishing Fun (My sons caught those!)

So imagine how surprised I was as I read that the perch in Africa can get to be huge. How huge? Well check this out:

Largest Freshwater Fish - Nile Perch

Click on the picture to see a full size view.

That’s quite a large freshwater fish!?! You’ll be amazed to learn that the man who caught the fish had to fight off a crocodile while trying to land the fish! Wow … and I thought I had it hard fishing – fighting my way through the briar patches and dealing with ticks! lol It kind of reminds me of a real life version of Ernest Hemingway’s “The Old Man And The Sea” – only this was in freshwater.

Anyway – you can see more pictures and read the whole story here:
Man vs. Crocodile vs. Giant Nile Perch: An African Fishing Adventure

Hope you have a great day! And a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all!

Catch you later.

Jumping Asian Carp Killing Our Waters

You know it upsets me when I read about invasive species being introduced to our native waters and so I share the news with you to help me find relief! So thank you for your tolerance and patience with me. 🙂

Did you know that the Silver carp, one of the imported invasive Asian carp species can jump 10 feet out of the water? And did you know that it grows up to 50 pounds? Imagine water skiing or running your boat along a river and trying to dodge these jumping fish! Well that’s what they do on the Illinois River.

I read a report on these and 3 other invasive Asian carp species in USA Today while online today. It seems these fish are knocking on the Great Lakes’ doors and the Folks don’t want them in there! The Federal Government has been called in and the Army Corp of Engineers has been assigned the task of stopping these Asian carp. They’re currently using an electronic barrier to stop the fish, but they are also planning on poisoning the fish while they make repairs on this electronic barrier.

It cost the Army Corp approximately $40,000. in electric fees per month to run this barrier. What a waste! All because the US Fish and Wildlife Service thought it would be good to use these Asian carp to keep aquatic vegetation down and private businesses wanted their fish farming ponds clean!

If you’d like to read the full article and see a picture of the jumping Silver carp in action, just go to:

Invasive carp threatens Great Lakes

There’s a reason why certain species live only in certain areas of the world. I truly believe God knew what He was doing when He set up our planet His way. It’s unfortunate that we think we know better and end up ruining what we had naturally because of our ignorance. Maybe one day we’ll learn our lesson?

Here’s hoping so!

Catch you later!

How many different kinds of worm rigs are there? What are they?

Here’s a question I found on yahoo Answers that I found interesting and thought I’d share it.

I get to do a project on fishing which is cool so give me all the information you have on Bass fishing with artificial worms. I already know the basics concerning a Texas, Carolina and Wacky rigs.

I need as much info about this for a project so be generous.

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