2021 Fish Wrap Writer Gift Pack Giveaway!
To celebrate the start of the 2021 fishing season(s) – and a shameless plug to get the word out on the Fish Wrap Writer – We’re doing a fun little giveaway contest for a prize pack valued over $100! Simply fill out the form below to enter for a chance to win the following:
- 1 Yeti Tumbler
- Fish Wrap Writer Edition Al’s Goldfish Saltwater Series Lure
- Fish Wrap Writer Canvas Hat
- Fish Wrap Writer Sticker
- $25 Gift Certificate to The Saltwater Edge
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Catch Up on Recent Articles
the dogfish says of summer. sorry, couldn’t resist…
Striped bass fishing has improved, a bit, there are some bluefish, dogfish and scup around but fishing for fluke seems to be steady. Guys casting from shore for stripers are reporting low numbers, few big bass and still some fish feeding in the salt ponds. These are classic head-scratching days, days when you fish churning, oxygen-rich waters, where there seems to be plenty of bait fish and still there’s only a few fish, if any, to show for the effort. If you have a boat, there are plenty of...
so i left my wife to go fishing with my son…
Recently, a local fisherman was jigging Gulp teasers with green jigs around the Jamestown Verrazano Bridge in fairly shallow waters. Carrying neither a camera nor a working scale, he reportedly landed an approximately fifteen pound, 33 5/8” summer flounder. An old fishery bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service has a length to weight table which places this particular catch at between ten and twenty pounds. This would have been quite close to the current state record, which is seventeen...
sea bass, some reg-ular talk and jellys. cool.
Much to the relief of recreational fishermen, the black sea bass fishery opens on July 2. Fishermen have been reporting strong numbers of them since mid-spring, although many have been juveniles, below the fourteen inch minimum. They are part of the grouper family and like so many Florida plates, they summer here then head south for deeper, warmer waters. Fishermen know to target them around rock piles or harbor jetties as they feed on protein-rich clams, mussels and crabs, in addition to many...