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Fishing News - Fresh

How to Smoke Fish & Three Easy Recipes

Smoking is one of the oldest methods of preserving fish. Long before there were refrigerators and freezers, our fishing ancestors learned to use a combination of salt and smoke to keep fish from spoiling. Today, […]

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Offshore

CATCHING MONSTERS

Up in the unforgiving North Atlantic, in a small sacred stretch of ocean, treasure lurks in the deep.  In just 1,000 square nautical miles, a group of hearty fishermen battle it out for the biggest […]

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NOAA Issues Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Measures

NOAA Fisheries today announced final regulations that will help protect Atlantic bluefin tuna by reducing dead discards and providing measures to help ensure compliance with international quotas. These regulations were developed through a

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Fishing News - Fresh

St. Croix: Heavyweight Fly Rod Champ

Pushing the fur-and-feather envelope to its limits? You bet! Fly-fishing practices have transformed tenfold over the past few years. Ripping huge articulated streamers and enormous topwater flies for gargantuan freshwater predators like muskie and pike […]

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Shark Fishing

Sharks in Gulf to Predict Hurricane Strength

Fifty sharks, tuna, tarpon and billfish are swimming around the Gulf of Mexico right now fitted with satellite-linked tags to help scientists track water temperatures and perhaps one day help improve hurricane forecasting. The devices […]

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Angler Leads Way to Protect Dolphins

Some of the most spectacular things that I have ever seen while fishing are the pods of spinner dolphins that swim alongside the boat in the Pacific waters of Costa Rica.  Watching them leap, twirl, […]

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Offshore

Big Dog!

The 226lb pending IGFA WR Dogtooth Tuna was caught off Latham Island, Tanzania by Jason Alexiou. Jason Alexiou is an excellent fisherman who, during his young age, had transformed his passion into his living, working […]

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Fishing News - Salt

Tagged Bluefin Recaptured after 16 Years

By tagging fish for NOAA’s Cooperative Tagging Program, fishermen have contributed greatly to our scientific understanding of many valuable species. Al Anderson, a charter boat captain out of Point Judith, Rhode Island, participates in the […]

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Fishing News - Salt

Ceremonial Bluefin Tuna Auction

Sushi restaurateur Kiyoshi Kimura paid 7.36 million yen (about $70,000) for a 507-pound (230-kilogram) bluefin tuna in the year’s celebratory first auction at Tokyo’s Tsukiji market on Sunday, just 5 percent of what he paid […]

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Offshore

920-pound Tuna

It was the catch of a lifetime. Three fishermen engaged in an epic battle with a 920-pound tuna on their line, the largest one to come into Massachusetts’ Gloucester Harbor this year, CBS Boston station […]

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Fishing News - Salt

Hot Gulf Action

Summer’s mostly calm weather provides frequent windows of opportunity for making long offshore runs to the deep Gulf of Mexico hotspots where the big fish live. The trips can cover 50-100 miles, but it’s more […]