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Public Hearing June 5 on Proposed Cod Rules and Lobster License Transfer in New Hampshire

by Outdoor Hub May 17, 2012
Public Hearing June 5 on Proposed Cod Rules and Lobster License Transfer in New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department will hold a public hearing regarding proposed groundfish restrictions affecting Atlantic cod length and creel limits for recreational anglers, as well as rules governing the transfer of lobster licenses, on Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. at the Urban Forestry Center, 45 Elwyn Road, Portsmouth, NH 03801. [...]

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46 Fish Tagged at the Louisiana Saltwater Series Speckled Trout Tournament

by Outdoor Hub May 8, 2012
46 Fish Tagged at the Louisiana Saltwater Series Speckled Trout Tournament

This past weekend’s Louisiana Saltwater Series speckled trout tournament held true to form, and although there were several prized catches, the highlight of the event was inarguably the extraordinary number of fish tagged and released.  A total of 45 trout and one flounder were caught, tagged and released by the 18 participating teams. The tournament, [...]

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Team Henninger/Bolema Wins IFA Redfish Tour Presented by Cabela’s at Ruskin, Florida

by Outdoor Hub May 8, 2012

John Henninger, of Jacksonville, Fla., and David Bolema, of Sarasota, Fla., weighed in a two-redfish limit that totaled 15.06 pounds to win the IFA Redfish Tour event at Ruskin, Fla., on May 5. To win the event, which operated out of Little Harbor, the duo topped a large field of two-angler teams to take home [...]

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Texas’ Gulf Shrimp Season Closing May 15

by Outdoor Hub May 7, 2012
Texas: Gulf Shrimp Season Closing May 15

The Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season for both state and federal waters will close 30 minutes after sunset on Tuesday, May 15 until an unspecified time in July. The closing date is based on samples collected by the Coastal Fisheries Division of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department using trawl, bag seine and other [...]

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Louisiana WFC Takes Unprecedented Step to Move Forward with Red Snapper Season for 2013

by Outdoor Hub May 4, 2012
Louisiana WFC Takes Unprecedented Step to Move Forward with Red Snapper Season for 2013

Today the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LWFC) took action to implement a “Louisiana-only” red snapper recreational season, set to begin in 2013. This Louisiana red snapper weekend-only season would begin the Saturday preceding Palm Sunday each year and end September 30 of the same year, with a recreational bag limit of three fish per [...]

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Florida FWC Commissioners Set 2012 Recreational Red Snapper Season in the Gulf

by Outdoor Hub May 2, 2012
Florida FWC Commissioners set 2012 Recreational Red Snapper Season in the Gulf

The 2012 recreational red snapper season in Gulf of Mexico state waters will be June 1 through July 10, a total of 40 days. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) set the 2012 season Wednesday, May 2, at the Commission meeting in Crystal River. The state season is the same as the recently [...]

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Georgia DNR Seeks Nominations to New Finfish Advisory Panel

by Outdoor Hub May 1, 2012
Georgia DNR Seeks Nominations to new Finfish Advisory Panel

Commissioner Mark Williams has announced formation of a Finfish Advisory Panel to provide guidance to the Coastal Resources Division (CRD) in matters related to management of saltwater finfish species such as spotted seatrout and red drum. Like the Blue Crab Advisory Panel and Shrimp Advisory Panel, this group will be a subcommittee of the Marine [...]

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Florida Man Arrested for Stealing from Crab Traps

by Outdoor Hub May 1, 2012
Florida Man Arrested for Stealing from Crab Traps

A South Daytona man found out recently that getting caught robbing commercial crab traps will land you in big trouble in Florida. Not only did he not get to enjoy a stone crab supper, he now faces misdemeanor and felony charges. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Officer Don Meurlot arrested Eliot Avelar (DOB [...]

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New Cod Rule for New Hampshire Recreational Anglers Takes Effect May 1

by Outdoor Hub April 27, 2012

New state rules take effect on May 1, 2012, reducing the minimum length and creel limits for recreational anglers taking Atlantic cod in New Hampshire waters. The measure makes New Hampshire’s rules compatible with new Federal regulations. Under the new rules, as of May 1: the minimum size of cod that can be taken by [...]

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Louisiana Saltwater Series Continues on April 26 at Calcasieu Point Landing

by Outdoor Hub April 26, 2012

The third annual Louisiana Saltwater Series, hosted by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation, continues to its next scheduled tournament site on April 28, 2012, in Lake Charles, La. at Calcasieu Point Landing. Over $10,000 in cash and prizes has already been awarded, and there are lots [...]

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Oregon’s Pacific Halibut Season Opens May 1

by Outdoor Hub April 25, 2012

The first of Oregon’s eagerly-awaited Pacific halibut seasons open Tuesday, May 1, and this year anglers can look forward to more fishing days thanks to a nine percent increase in this year’s quota. Here are the 2012 sport Pacific Halibut seasons for the three sub-areas on the Oregon Coast: Leadbetter Point, Wash., to Cape Falcon: [...]

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Oregon Ocean Fishing Seasons Set

by Outdoor Hub April 23, 2012

The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission set ocean fishing seasons for salmon and halibut during its meeting in Salem today. The Commission set the 2012 ocean salmon seasons for Oregon’s territorial waters that extend three miles from the state’s shoreline. They mirror the regulations adopted by the Pacific Fishery Management Council on April 6 that [...]

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Ultimate Shark Challenge Returns to Punta Gorda

by Outdoor Hub April 23, 2012
Ultimate Shark Challenge Returns to Punta Gorda

Shark fans: Get ready for a third year of catch-and-release action during the 2012 Guy Harvey Ultimate Shark Challenge (USC) – a conservation-focused tournament and festival on May 4-6 in Punta Gorda. Teams of two to three anglers will vie for more than $10,000 by fishing for a dozen different shark species, tagging the sharks [...]

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The Story of the New Alabama State Record King Mackerel Caught by an Eight Year Old

by David Rainer April 20, 2012
(By Capt. Billy Neff) A worn-out Andrew Quinn takes a moment to close his eyes on the dock at Zeke's Marina in Orange Beach after his record king mackerel was offloaded from the Fish Trap. The king weighed 68 pounds, 3 ounces.

Capt. Billy Neff was at the helm of the Fish Trap and didn’t see the fish that nailed the pinfish trailing behind the boat on the drift line. The captain didn’t really think too much about it when 8-year-old Andrew Quinn, in Gulf Shores on a spring break trip with his family, grabbed the rod [...]

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Register Now for the New Hampshire “Becoming an Outdoors-Woman” Deep Sea Fishing Trip

by Outdoor Hub April 20, 2012

Register now for an exciting day of deep sea fishing off New Hampshire’s coast with the N.H. Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program on Sunday, June 10, 2012.  The event costs $75, which includes instruction, bait and rod rental.  Bring your own lunch. Sign up by using the print-and-mail registration form at http://www.nhbow.com, or request a form [...]

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Video of Gargantuan Whale Shark Caught in Pakistan

by Outdoor Hub Reporters April 18, 2012
Video of Gargantuan Whale Shark Caught in Pakistan

This video shows one of the world’s largest whale sharks that have ever been brought ashore. The fish in this video was brought in on February 7, was 39 feet long and weighed 15,432 pounds. The fishermen who brought in the big animal claimed to have found the animal already “unconscious” and dying prior to [...]

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33rd Day at the Docks in San Diego

by Outdoor Hub April 18, 2012
By early afternoon, the crowd swelled to standing-room only in front of the Typhoon Optics Main Stage

Bands blared, the sun glistened, crowds arrived, and the 33rd Annual Day at the Docks delivered on its promise to celebrate the beginning of San Diego’s 2012 sportfishing season. Long before the opening, there was a crisp excitement matching the chilly morning as early arrivals gathered in front of Pete Gray and Rick Maxa’s “Let’s [...]

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Two-Thousand Pound Great White Shark Hauled Out of the Gulf of California

by Outdoor Hub Reporters April 17, 2012
Great White Shark Weighing Over a Ton Hauled in the Sea of Cortez

Two Mexican commercial fishermen on the waters of the Gulf of California were shocked on Sunday when they realized they had nearly 20 feet of nature’s most ferocious predator caught in their nets— nets that were designed to catch slightly smaller fish. According to local information, the great white was just under 20 feet in [...]

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Two New Jersey Saltwater Record Fish Certified

by Outdoor Hub April 11, 2012

The NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife has officially certified, and is pleased to announce, the catch of two new state record marine fish. Robert Macejka of Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey reeled in the new state record Hickory Shad on November 20, 2011. The fish weighed in at 2 pounds 13 ounces eclipsing the [...]

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Rare Golden Snapper Snaps up $38,000 Price Tag in Bangladesh

by Outdoor Hub Reporters April 10, 2012
Rare Golden Snapper Snaps up $38,000 Price Tag in Bangladesh

A Chinese businessman paid $38,000USD for a rare golden snapper sold in a Bangladeshi fish market by Jahangir Saudagar. Saudagar had outbid 500 other fishmongers in order to obtain the snapper before selling it to the unidentified Chinese businessman. Saudagar said, to AFP, the businessman paid that much mostly for the Snapper’s “tasty bladder and [...]

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