Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, the world leader in saltwater flats conservation, has completed a multi-year Bonefish Genetics Study, the results of which provide scientific evidence that the bonefish population across the Caribbean is closely connected. The study, which launched in 2014, involved the collection of genetic samples from bonefish in multiple locations spanning the region. […]
From the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust: The Bahamas is world-renown as an excellent bonefish fishery. In fact, the fishery is so popular for traveling anglers that the annual economic impact of the fishery exceeds $141 million. Yet the fishery will remain healthy only if the habitats remain healthy. As part of the Bahamas Initiative, BTT […]
While visiting stateside, our foreign editor Kenney Krysko released a half-dozen nice bonefish on the flats of Oahu, Hawaii. He says the action has been hot and for anyone in the area to get out and catch some bones.
Former University of Florida Gator Head Football Coach Urban Meyer (he works somewhere else now) and his 14-year-old son Nate will be featured on an episode of the Outdoor Channel’s Gridiron Outdoors this Friday, January 31. The episode features the Meyers fishing for bonefish in the Abacos Islands last July 10 (Coach Meyers’ 49th birthday). […]
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The Bonefish and Tarpon Trust is seeking input from Florida Keys guides and anglers. From the BT&T blog: “As part of the Florida Keys Initiative, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust wants to develop a better understanding of the dynamics, both past and present, of the bonefish fishery in the Florida Keys. BTT understands that guides […]
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Yes, indeed, there are a lot of bonefish waving their silver flags in Biscayne Bay right now, and we can’t think of a better place to be. Bones have been tailing and pushing water around the southern parts of the bay for the last few days. The fish seem most active when the higher tides […]
Dear Fishing Professors: When I was first taught rigging for bonefish, I was told to use a Bimini twist before the hook rather than a leader since the thinner line would be more difficult to see. I was also taught that there really isn’t a need for any substantial leader when fishing for bonefish. During the […]
The Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Blog posted a phenomenal story by Bill Horn today about the decline of bonefish populations in the Florida Keys. Horn is the author of Seasons on the Flats: An Angler’s Year in the Florida Keys and has served as assistant secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, chairman of the Great […]
Ok, prepare to drop your jaw. The Bonefish and Tarpon Trust published a video today that was posted yesterday to YouTube (embedded below). The video shows 10,000 or more bonefish in a rarely observed spawning behhavior. The YouTube video caption identifies: “During a recent expedition to The Bahamas, Dr. Andy Danylchuk (UMass Amherst), Dr. Aaron Adams […]
Two premier recreational fisheries will soon have new protections in place, a measure aimed at ensuring that tarpon and bonefish’s economic and fishing value remain for generations to come. Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) and bonefish (Albula vulpes) become catch-and-release only fisheries beginning September 1, 2013. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved these proactive management […]
Tarpon and Bonefish The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission met today in Lakeland, Florida, and reached a number of decisions pertinent to Saltwater Nation anglers. Key among these are the approval of a proposal to make tarpon and bonefish catch-and-release only and to modify the allowable gear used for tarpon fishing in Boca Grande […]
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The folks over at Leland Fly Fishing Outfitters out of Sanoma County, California posted this beautiful video a couple of days ago. There’s plenty of drool factor in this one, so anticipate your jealousy meter to start peaking. Great work, Leland!
On April 17, 2013 the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted unanimously to move forward with a proposed plan to make tarpon and bonefish catch-and-release only in Florida waters. The FWC summarizes the full proposal as proposing these changes in fisheries management approaches: Eliminating all harvest of tarpon with the exception of the harvest or […]
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