The Weekly Salvage
The Weekly Salvage
(8.28.24) Fishy News from Around the Northeast and Beyond
The maritime rule of salvage has its origin in Roman law, which dictates that one who preserves or improves upon the misplaced property of another is owed compensation, even if the service was not requested. Let’s get out the internet trawler and get to work…
🎙️| On The Water Podcast - How You Can Help Stripers Survive —> Kevin & Jimmy chat with Fisheries Biologist Micah Dean on the effort to improve data collection and how you can help Stripers #swimoffstrong this Fall.
🎥 | The Fisherman - SotV Jigging Tips —> A quick and dirty overview of the jig bite down south: what to look for when there isn’t much life, what to drop, and how to efficiently harvest your sushi. Especially with fleets approaching the triple-digits on the weekend (something I can’t stay far enough away from), it always pays to observe the fine details and zag when others are zigging.
🎥 | Rigging Bench - Albie Madness with Brian Kelly
Reports | OnTheWater / FishermanMag / SaltyCape / HullTruth / StripersOnline
Nantucket Kid Reels in Potential White Marlin Junior Record (FOX) - "It was an epic battle, with the 118lb marlin jumping completely out of the water several times and super technical keeping the boat positioned correctly." Capt Elliot Sudal said he is grateful to the fishing community for coming together to transport the fish and assist with the necessary paperwork associated with the world record. "I feel like most 12-year-olds are playing on iPads, while Stone Forne (angler) is off catching world records," Sudal said. "He got some serious street cred on the docks for this one." Fornes said he typically releases most of what he catches, but this fish was cooked with the help of local restaurant CRU Oyster Bar Nantucket.” —> Awesome as always to see a young kid getting after it in a big-time way. And he better lean into it now, because you couldn’t make up a better Capt name than Stone Forne. Bloodstone Sportfishing? Stone Cold Charters? Fornecation on the Fly???
P.S. CRU is the kinda spot you’re more likely to see Belichick and his daughter girlfriend than a fishermen (menu lists $9 bud light and caviar-topped lobster rolls), but hey, that’s one hell of a hook n cook.
Marlin Tows Kayak Angler 11 Miles Across the Ocean in Epic, 5-Hour Battle (OutdoorLife) - “The marlin jumped about eight times immediately, and raced away,” Vang says. “It took almost all 350 yards of line off my reel. I had to tighten my drag and chase the fish to gain line. I pedaled as fast as I could and got back close to the marlin in about 10 minutes.” He didn’t stay close to the fish for long, though. Over the next five hours, the marlin towed Vang and his Hobie Outback more than 10 miles across the Pacific Ocean. His friends stayed with him the whole time. The marlin finally began to tire about five hours into the fight, when it started circling underneath Vang’s kayak. He and his friends were about 20 miles from shore when he drew the fish close to his kayak and grabbed the leader, and the three anglers were finally able to get a good look at the billfish."
End of Summer Bassin’ Tactics (FishWire) - “Like largemouth, Harris says the August smallie bite can be epic on topwaters. “Especially when it’s cloudy, I fish them in 40 feet, sometimes deeper. On forward-facing sonar, watching fish come up from 40 feet at full speed to hit a topwater bait is incredible. It’s the best thing in the world.” On sunny days, Harris probes skinny water when smallies are on the hunt, just tail-walking topwater baits and covering water.”
Why Bass Pro Clark Wendlandt wants a Total Ban on Forward-Facing Sonar (FB)
It is more than just a tool. It is a full on 'that's all you do' technique...the guys that do the best with it, it's all they do. They literally put their trolling motor in the water, look around for a bass and cast at it.
It threatens the integrity of what true bass fishing is. People follow sports because they are DIFFICULT. At the St. Lawrence tournament, the majority of the guys who did well fished on the lake. On Lake Ontario there is no current, so the fish cannot hide. The smallmouth are big. They show up as big beacons of light on FFS. Every single cast made on Lake Ontario by anyone fishing the event was a person casting AT a bass. I never made a cast that was not aimed at a 3 pound plus smallmouth bass. Let that sink in for a minute.
Pro bass fishing is the greatest sport because guys can come from every part of the country and everyone does it differently – Oklahoma muddy water anglers, Texas anglers who love fishing grass, a guy from Michigan who’s a power fishing guru, Canadians who can do it all, New Yorkers who are small mouth specialists, Florida anglers who specialize in shallow water with lots of cover. We all come together from all over the country (and beyond) to see who can figure it out. That is what is compelling. FFS throws all that out – the history, the great anglers of the past, the anglers who have spent their entire lives trying to figure out how to catch bass - and turned it into something you can learn in 3-4 months.
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