Commercial fishermen are not an enemy of sport fishermen. Bad regulations are the enemy. Sustainable yield fish stocks ensure the future of both commercial and sport fishing. Commercial fishermen supported a moratorium on weakfish, when some recreational fishing groups would not do so. Today, Atlantic sea scallop vessel owners voluntarily contribute $10 million a year…
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Kensdock report 1-5-10
Originally Posted by GoNavy Kensdock is an enviro nut who pretends to be a big fishing advocate. He spices his posts with just enough factual info to make them sound ok… However, if you search his posts, you’ll find that his history proves his primary goal is to shut down fisheries. I’m all for conservation…
12-10-09 Kensdock Report
I will publish the season rap up later this week. I will also publish excerpts from my up coming book the 300″ keeper season. I have been deer hunting hard this week so time is limited. It has been a great deer hunting season so far. GONE DEER HUNTING” BE BACK LATER.
11-23-09 Kensdock report
The weather will not give us a break this fall. North East wind and rain! Just about the time the water clears the wind turns North east and it start to rain. When the condition have been at lest fair, keeper stripers have been caught from Avalon and Stone harbor beaches. Just a few…
Weakfish hearing
I attended the ASMFC weakfish hearing in Toms River last night. The asmfc offered 4 options.You can view them all at the asmfc site. The only option that offers a real chance for the weakfish to recover is option 4 Harvest moratorium. The commercial fishermen’s rep was fine with option 4 moratorium. Mostly all the recreational…
8-19-09 Kensdock todays ASMFC weakfish meeting,update 8:55 pm
Take time to read the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries weakfish management board meeting minutes. http://www.asmfc.org Here is quote from And, finally, I would just like to say, as I said before, no matter what happens with the peer review in June the board needs to remember that weakfish is in a depleted condition,…
7–24-09 Kensdock fishing report update 7-26-09
I am heading out flounder fishing in the back bay it is 11: 00 am when I return I will post a report. Best Ken The flounder bite remains red hot on the reef and the old grounds any time the condtions are good. The back bay bite is best when we have the turn…
7-22-09 Kensdock report
I fished a couple of Back Bay flounder spots at dusk today. The water temperature was 72.2 on the top of the tide. The water clarity was excellent with visibility about 12ft. Flounder fishing now requires a lot more effort and time. If you want to catch a few keepers in the back bays of Cape…
Spring Weakfish Cape May County,NJ
Weakfish have always been one of the pleasures of spring in Cape May County NJ. True spring arrives here with the news of the first weakfish and Black Drum being caught. Today with the weakfish population at a low point it is imperative you have intimate knowledge of the areas you fish. You also need the ability to…