Archive for the 'Fishing and the environment' Category
Hey! Welcome back! I’m happy to have you with me again! Hi Folks – today we have a guest post from Mr. Jack Lundee! Check it out. Freshwater Fishing is one of my favorite hobbies, but living next to a polluted lake translates to inadequate conditions and expensive traveling costs. And everything connected to this [...]
June 10th, 2010 | Posted in Fishing and the environment, Freshwater Conservation, fresh water fishing, fresh water fishing resource, freshwater fishing, freshwater fishing resource | 1 Comment
My younger son is in the Cub Scouts and they had a fishing trip planned 2 weekends ago. It wasn’t a freshwater fishing trip though. We actually went over to the Somers Point bay just outside of Ocean City, NJ. The group had chartered the “Duke of Fluke” for the afternoon and the guys were [...]
June 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Fishing and the environment, Party boat fishing, salt water fishing | No Comments
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 [...]
December 1st, 2009 | Posted in Asian Carp, Fishing and the environment, fresh water fishing, fresh water fishing resource, freshwater fishing, freshwater fishing resource | No Comments
There’s so much information to be found on the Internet! I was reading about a gentleman who caught a rather large catfish in Texas last month. How large – the catfish weighed 45 pounds, measured 41 inches long, had 28 inches in girth and was 9½ inches across its head. Oh! … And it was [...]
November 16th, 2009 | Posted in Fishing and the environment, catfish fishing, fresh water fishing, freshwater fishing | 4 Comments
Connecticut Has A Bad Case Of Crabs! It’s true! I was reading a story about these new intrusive freshwater crabs that are showing up in Connecticut – the Chinese Mitten Crabs. Seems we’ve gotten another import that is ruining our natural resources – AGAIN! In all fairness though it’s not just Connecticut that has these [...]
October 25th, 2009 | Posted in Chinese Mitten Crabs, Fishing and the environment, Freshwater Conservation, fresh water fishing, fresh water fishing resource, freshwater fishing, freshwater fishing resource | No Comments
If you’ve read some of my posts here, you’ll know that I am a conservationist at heart! I love the outdoors and try to help keep it preserved whenever I can. So as I was reading through some online news headlines, one caught my eye that warranted further attention: “Fishing line recyclers located in Marshall” [...]
September 13th, 2009 | Posted in Fishing and the environment, Freshwater Conservation, fresh water fishing, fresh water fishing resource, freshwater fishing, freshwater fishing resource | 2 Comments
I was reading an article and the associated comments on that article about the zebra mussel infestation and how they’re dealing with it in Massachusetts. Seems they’re requiring boaters to power wash their boats before being allowed to launch them into a large reservoir in order to help prevent the spread of the zebra mussels. [...]
August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Fishing and the environment, Freshwater Conservation, Zebra Mussels, fresh water fishing, fresh water fishing resource, freshwater fishing, freshwater fishing resource | 5 Comments
Let Them Eat Fish … errr Cake! In light of the global warming and the depletion of our mother earth’s resources, it’s sometimes hard to keep a smile on your face. Turns out that Marie Antoinette or Marie-Thérèse or whoever it was that made that statement so long ago, was right! What’s this all about, [...]
July 17th, 2009 | Posted in Fishing and the environment, What fish to eat, fresh water fishing, freshwater fishing | No Comments