Recently in the NJ/NY Bight off of Sandy Hook, NJ, we had some visitors that we had not seen in a very long time. Omega Protein, the Atlantic menhaden (bunker fish) processing giant, decided to take advantage of the calm seas and steam 250 miles north from Reedville, VA up to our waters. I am […]
Top Photo: Pair Trawlers off Rhode Island, by Mike Laptew. I have been working on river herring-related issues for the past 25 years and was one of the first anglers/conservationists to jump up and call attention to the fact that river herring were disappearing rapidly before our eyes. We are quite literally at the bottom […]
Photo: peanut bunker accidentally snagged out of a thick school This year, New Jersey’s surfcasters will be thankful that there are giant schools of this year’s young, “peanut” bunkers moving down the coast, causing striped bass and bluefish to come in tight to the beach within casting distance. It has been decades since this occurred, […]
Photo: Thousands of dead sardines in Kings Harbor, Redondo Beach, California Fish kills all over the country are making headlines over social media and on nightly news. Usually the fish most affected are the smaller species of fish that school up by the bazillion. These fall into a category that has also been in the […]
