An early morning boat ride through Everglades National Park. In early 2015, several stakeholders were invited to a workshop on the Everglades National Park’s Boater Education Program. Individuals representing anglers, paddlers, law enforcement, scientists and more met to develop the program’s objectives and content. Keeping in mind that Florida Bay makes up about 1/3 of […]
BTT encourages all Keys guides and anglers to participate in the FWC barracuda work shop on February 25 at Key Colony Beach City Hall, 600 W Ocean Dr., Key Colony Beach, FL 33051. Photo: Capt. Steve Hancock Original post on keysnet.com On Wednesday State fishery managers want to hear about barracuda numbers and commercial bully-netting […]
WHO: Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel and entertainer Jim Belushi join veteran cast members – venerable newsman Tom Brokaw (narrator), musician Huey Lewis, Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, fly fishing legend Lefty Kreh, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Board member Bill Klyn and award-winning author Tom McGuane – in season five of “Buccaneers & Bones,” a […]
BTT contributing scientist Christopher Haak will be presenting at the American Museum of Fly Fishing’s first annual Deborah Pratt Dawson Conservation Symposium. The Symposum will be held on March 14th and 15th at the Orvis Fly Fishing School in Manchester, Vermont and the topic for the event will be the use of new technology in […]
The Conservation Captain for February 2015 is Georgetown, SC guide Capt. Steve Roff. Steve first introduced BTT to a potential juvenile tarpon habitat research site at a Wildlife Management Area near Georgetown, SC. He is also heavily involved with the Lowcountry Tarpon Tournament, which has made numerous donations to BTT. Most recently he’s been organizing […]
Originally posted by Fishpond USA By Stu Apte In the last chapter of my latest book, MY LIFE in FISHING; Favorite Long Stories Told Short; I started off by saying…I’ve enjoyed my “good old days” down to the last turn of my reel handle. Don’t let yours get away! One advantage to being an […]
During the first week of December a group of scientists from Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, the Florida Institute of Technology, and University of Massachusetts Amherst undertook the third year of the Abaco bonefish spawning study. For the first time in this program, the crew was able to work from a vessel stationed on site for […]
Copley Fine Art Auctions’ Winter Sale 2015 will take place February 12 in Charleston, SC. To bid on Mike Stidham’s “Silver King Circle”, come to the sale or contact Copley at 617.536.0030 or by email (info@copleyart.com) to register for an absentee or telephone bid. Internet bidding is also available through Bidsquare and Invaluable, and more […]
In 2015, any new or renewing member will automatically be entered to win the trip of a lifetime to fish in Belize at the beautiful Belize River Lodge. Check out the video below and click here for more information on Belize River Lodge. To make sure you are entered into this year’s Trip of a […]
As anyone who spends time chasing bonefish knows, mangroves are essential to flats fish. Mangroves help to hold together the flats and shorelines, provide shelter from predators, and they provide habitat for prey species. So, it is an item of high concern when we hear of mangrove die-offs. This is the report from the Marls […]
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