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Providence boat show agenda announced
(soundings) The 17th annual Providence (R.I.) Boat Show will be held Jan. 7-10, 2010 at the Rhode Island Convention Center. READ MORE
Post to Twitter369-Pound Tresher Tops Star Island Yacht Club Tournament
(hamptons.com) The Star Island Yacht Club held their 23rd annual Shark Fishing
Tournament on Friday and Saturday, June 19 and 20; an eerie, overcast
weekend - Perfect for a shark hunt.
One hundred and twenty-eight boats competed, landing blue sharks,
mako and threshers. At $800 an entry, the purse had grown to more than
$400,000 before the last catches were brought in at 6 p.m. on Saturday,
though that pales in comparison with last year, according to yacht club
employees, as the prize pool totaled $790,000. “A sign of the economy,"
one fisherman lamented. Nothing from the tournament is wasted, theyDoes a Storm Affect Your Fishing?
Saltfishing.about.com-- Hurricane season and winter storms both bring to light several questions that are asked every year when storms plow through the Gulf of Mexico and up and down the Atlantic seaboard. Do these storms affect the fishing? There are debates that end up on both sides of the aisle. Big storms can ruin natural reefs and destroy live bottom habitats. They can also stir and move layers of bottom silt, promoting future growth for that same live bottom. Studies can be produced that support both theories, making us wonder which theory is right. Perhaps there is factual evidence that both theories are correct. In any given winter, nor’easters blow long and hard along the Atlantic. Wrecks and artificial reef structure can be moved literally hundreds of yards by the heavy wave action. Over the years, the location change can be dramatic – so much so that some anglers accuse their GPS of lying to them. Read More
Resident: Naked Boat Driver Dangerous On River
wsmv.com-- The boater standing up behind the steering wheel was naked. That's right, in the buff, said Johnny Carter, who was fishing on the river. Carter said the cruiser came so close to him that the waves washed over the top of his boat and swept his craft against the rocky shore and damaged it. That's when Carter said he noticed the man was alone and wasn't wearing a stitch of clothing. There was more, Carter said, but I won't go into that. A half-dozen kids were across the river riding their inner tubes and two cruisers were anchored nearby. Carter said he yelled at the man to put on his clothing, but, the fisherman claims, the man tried, but was too drunk to get into his shorts. Carter called 911 and officers of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency arrived. 45-year-old Robert DeWayne Johnson, an ex-handy-man who married into Belle Meade society, was charged with indecent exposure, intoxication and reckless and negligent operation of his boat. Read MoreRecreational boating industry hails Congressional passage of Clean Boating Act
Sportfishing Magazine-- Yesterday, the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) hailed the passage of H.R. 5949/S. 2766, the Clean Boating Act of 2008, in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Passage of this legislation, which has been the top legislative priority for NMMA during the 110th Congress, will permanently and fully restore a longstanding, commonsense regulation that excludes recreational boaters and anglers from the federal and state permitting requirements under the Clean Water Act designed for land-based industrial facilities and ocean-going commercial ships. Introduced by Senators Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) in the Senate and by Representatives Steve LaTourette (R-Ohio) and Candice Miller (R-Mich.) in the House, the Clean Boating Act of 2008 will prevent federal and state permitting of water-based, non-polluting incidental discharges that occur in the normal operation of a recreational boat, such as weather deck run-off and engine coolant water. Read More
Reeling In the Big One
Wall Street Journal (July 18, 2008)-For Anthony Hsieh and other wealthy big-game
fishermen, this is a summer of great expectations. Or maybe grand
illusions -- it's too early to know.
Mr. Hsieh, the former president of LendingTree.com, and some of the world's best-financed fishermen are flocking to the cobalt blue waters here off the coast of Hawaii to try to catch what many consider the holy grail of trophy fish, the grander -- a blue marlin that tops 1,000 pounds. Not only are these fish prized for their size, beauty, and heroic fighting ability, they have serious literary cachet: the most famous one stars in Ernest Hemingway's classic novel "The Old Man
Fisherman hooks drowning man and reels him in
AP-- A man who was drowning in a Maine river is recovering after someone reeled him in with a fishing rod. Bob
Greene of Hallowell says he heard what he thought was a bird early
Thursday as he was having his morning coffee. He then realized there
was a man bobbing in the Kennebec River. He says a 911 dispatcher
told him to throw something to the man. He snagged the man's shirt with
a fishing lure and reeled him in. The rescued man is in critical condition at a Portland hospital. Hallowell Police Chief Eric Nason says Greene did the right thing by calling police first and not jumping into the water.
The Top 10 Products That Transformed an American Pastime
American Sportfishing Association-- Ten influential fishing products created over the past 75 years -. from rods to reels to electronics -. have helped make fishing the great sport it is today, according to a new survey from the American Sportfishing Association (ASA). ASA, the sportfishing industry’s trade association, today released the country’s first top ten list of the items that have changed the way people fish, as determined by a survey of the nation’s most avid anglers. The Anglers’ Legacy Innovations Awards were unveiled at the International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades (ICAST), the world’s largest annual sportfishing trade show. More than 7,000 members of the sportfishing community are gathered in Las Vegas to see the latest innovations in gear and accessories. “We’re thrilled to be commemorating the way that fishing has endured as one of America’s favorite pastimes,” said ASA President and CEO Mike Nussman.Record bass shot off Block Island
The Providence Journal (RI)-- Dave
Hochman set a world spearfishing record on Independence Day, when he
shot a 68.4-pound striped bass on a reef in Block Island Sound. The
fish was 55 inches long with a 32.5-inch girth. The diver was in 54
feet of water. Hochman has been diving on that reef for years, he said, because it holds big bass. “I know the bottom there better than the charts know the bottom,” he says. Hochman is a chiropractor who lives in Oxford, Conn. He has shot several bass weighing 58 pounds, his previous personal record. When he is lining up a shot, Hochman can lower his pulse to 32 beats a minute. “It’s
like yoga,” he says. “It’s the most peaceful feeling when you’re in
that state of mind. You’re in a state that is not normal on land.” He describes the sensation as being similar to the moment just before one falls asleep. He says, “It’s a tranquil feeling.” Read More
Costa Rica Fishing Industry Threatened by Commercial Ships
CostaRicaPages.com-- Cost Rica is known as one of the best sport and deep sea fishing
destinations in the world. The Northern Pacific region of the popular
tourist destination is known for six different types of popular trophy
winning game fish. Both marlin and sail fish can even be found year
round in the warm Pacific waters of the Northern region. Tourists and
local fishermen alike enjoy the satisfaction of hoisting a large
Rooster fish, Pink Marlin, or even a Yellow Finned Wahoo on board. It
is Costa Rica’s welcoming seas and abundance of rare fish that keep the
Los Sueños Marina busy with camera happy tourists and recreational
fishermen. Lately, however, in some of the most popular tourist fishing
locations, large seiner fishing ships have been spoiling the fun and
threatening recreational fishing all over the world. A seiner is a
special type of fishing boat that uses a seine, which is a large
fishing net that hangs vertically down into the water anchored by
weights along the bottom, to increase the daily catch. The nets are
usually long and flat and resemble a chain link fence. Seiners drive
around the fish in a circle in order to capture large amounts of fish
at a time draining the popular fishing areas of their natural