The following is a news release from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission: Weakfish Biomass at All-Time Low ASMFC Weakfish Board Initiates Addendum to Address Stock Decline In its report to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Weakfish Management Board, an independent panel of scientists endorsed the 2009 weakfish stock assessment for management use. The…
Tag: Stone Harbor fishing
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,…
8-15-09 8:36 Kensdock fishing report
Snakebit is the word of the week from my dock. I was out for two hours today in the back bay flounder fishing and I did not catch a keeper or a through back flounder. I fished an area that I have caught limits of flounder in the past at this time of the year. The…
8-11-09 Kensdock fishing report 8:06 pm
If you heard someone hollering about 1:00 this afternoon it was me. I reached into a bushel to pick up a blue claw crab with tongs,some how the blue claw caught me by the finger with his claw and crunched it until it bleed. The bite has been located at the inshore ocean structure. Trigger fish,…
8-7-09 Kensdock fishing report
Ed caught one keeper today behind Stone Harbor George had two keepers not bad fishing for August in the back Bay. The bugs are at an all time high if you go fishing or whatever outside do not forget the spray. Water Temperature was 69 degrees.
8-4-09 Kensdock fishing report
Tim this is a very tough time of the season to catch keeper flounder in the back bay after about July 15 in our area the bite slows. The only area that has produced keeper flounder in the last couple of days is in and around Hereferds and Townsends Inlet. I would try fishing between Wildwood…
Kensdock fishing report 8-2-09 Help the weakfish
I have been called over the top, crazy, and more by many people that do not share the passion for salt water fishing that I possess for it and other activates in life. Here are a few examples: I was called crazy last December for taking my skiff for a 5 mile ride at 2:00 am…
7-31-09 Kensdock fishing report
Today I hit a couple of spots in the back bay that can produce some big flounder this time of the year. Unfortunately I caught the skunk for the first time this season. The water visibility was good about 6ft.. The water temperature was 67.3. Today pretty much raps up my flounder season. I may…
7-31-09 Kensdock report RFA/ASMFC weakfish meeting August 19
Open letter to Hutch Jr (RFA), I can assure you if the RFA policy was to put the natural resoures first on their agenda, the weakfish stock would not be so dangerously low today. The RFA should have led a campaign to rebuild the weakfish stock five years ago! At this point, I ask you, the…
7-28-09 Kensdock Weakfish meeting/ answers RFA and Charter ass. President Tony Bogan
I have been bashed by JHutchinson of the RFA and Tony Bogon of the Charter boat ass. for urging people and their members to speak for them self’s by sending comments to the ASMFC asking for a closure of commercial fishing for weakfish and a closure of recreational fishing during the spawn. Here…