Wishful Thinking Won’t Make Things Right
Charlie Witek debunks some wishful thinking around striped bass. It’s a refrain I’ve heard more over the past year: “Yes, striped bass recruitment in the …
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Red Drum: Another Troubled, State Managed Fishery
In 2014, a coalition of fishing industry, boating industry, and anglers’ rights organizations seeking to weaken the National Marine Fisheries Service’s power to constrain anglers’ …
The Bluefish Conundrum
Charlie Witek lays out the current state of the Rodney Dangerfield of gamefish. It’s difficult to describe what fishing for bluefish was like in Long …
ANGLERS’ ANTIDOTE FOR INSTITUTIONAL ARROGANCE
Charles Witek with some observations from this week’s Saltwater Recreational Fishing Summit which we had the opportunity to also attend. Beginning in 2018, the summits …
The Encyclopedia of Striped Bass
As ASGA’s Tony Friedrich aptly states at the start of this episode, Charlie Witek is one of the most knowledgable anglers and conservationists on the …
Are You Willing To Do What It Takes?
Charles Witek asks, what are you willing to do what it takes to help save striped bass? We’ve all heard the saying, “No pain, no …
Striped Bass Anglers Need To Do The Right Thing
After sharp declines of striped bass populations in the ’70s and 80’s strong conservation measures led to a robust recovery. Unfortunately, stocks are again on the decline …
Striped Bass Are Special
Kudos to Charles Witek for expressing what makes striped bass so special and why those of us who get it have to take action to …
WHAT WOULD A TRULY MODERN FISH ACT LOOK LIKE?
Since early in 2017, anglers have been bombarded with propaganda, produced by a very well-funded, very sophisticated public relations campaign, intended to gain their support …
Live Bluefish Matter
Bluefish have always been one of the Rodney Dangerfields of sportfishing, they get no respect. Today most bluefish are released. Unfortunately, it seems that the …