Open Season: Making sense of saltwater regulations confusion
There is still some confusion among saltwater anglers regarding the regulation that says while fishing with hook and line (rod and reel) under a commercial license — which permits an angler to sell his...
View ArticleOpen Season: Million-dollar fishing pier opens on Martha's Vineyard
The Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game (DFG) recently celebrated the grand opening of the state's largest recreational fishing pier on Martha's Vineyard. The brand new 317-foot long, $1 million...
View ArticleOpen Season: Someone at the boat ramp didn't read Miss Manners
It had been a nice Saturday morning of battling bluefish, but we headed in early to meet other commitments.
View ArticleOpen Season: Operators can now be held responsible for recreational scup,...
MarineFisheries announced new saltwater fishing regulations this week that affect the at-sea filleting of recreationally caught scup and black sea bass and hold for-hire operators responsible for...
View ArticleComical characters make 'Guardians' great
If "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" movies sometime lapse into self-reverential seriousness, "Guardian" warp-speeds off into the opposite direction: It's a goof, it knows it, and it's the better for it.
View ArticleHoffman highlight of 'Most Wanted Man'
He inhabits his part to the point that you quickly forget that he isn't really German, or that he is Philip Seymour Hoffman, one of the greatest film actors of this or any other era.
View ArticleOpen Season: A Pacific tuna ban could reach closer to home
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has received a petition to ban both recreational and commercial fishing for Pacific tuna, and some recent reports say that the federal agency is...
View ArticleOpen Season: Westport's Joe Wood eyes legacy as bass fishing's top angler
Local angler, Joe Wood of Westport, will be among 45 of the world's best bass fishing pros casting for the coveted title of bass fishing's top angler for 2014 — and a cool half million in cash — at The...
View ArticleOpen Season: Options proposed to reduce striped bass harvests
In response to a steadily declining stock of spawning striped bass females, MarineFisheries is hosting four Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) public hearings throughout the state in...
View ArticleOpen Season: Rego snags whopping 45-pound striped bass
Richard Rego of Sintra, Portugal, a suburb of Lisbon, didn't know what was in store for him when he traveled across the Atlantic this summer to visit family for a few weeks. During a charter fishing...
View ArticleOpen Season: Clearing up confusion around Sunday hunting bill
"There currently is a significant amount of confusion among sportsmen, other outdoor enthusiasts and members of the general public regarding the prohibition on hunting on Sundays in Massachusetts,"...
View ArticleOpen Season: When machismo overrules common sense
Back in the fall of 2008, I thought it would be the last time I had to write about such an incident. The accidental death of Christopher Bizilj at a Westfield gun club's machine gun demonstration, held...
View ArticleOpen Season: A bicycle built for fun
I needed to get in shape for a moose hunt this fall and riding a bike is good exercise and much more fun than walking, especially when you're going downhill, so I started riding my bike. Two years ago...
View ArticleOpen Season: Fall stocking includes "really nice rainbows"
MassWildlife began its statewide fall stocking of trout in rivers, streams and ponds with the Southeast District kicking off its stocking operations in area waters on Wednesday. Statewide, MassWildlife...
View ArticleOpen Season: My hunt of a lifetime
After decades of day dreaming, a bull moose finally was in my crosshairs.
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