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As Editor of On The Water Jimmy has to fish a lot and fortunately for On The Water Magazine Jimmy is up to the challenge. All joking aside it's no small task to have the versatility and the expertise to teach others a stunning array of fishing techniques from center pinning for steelhead to deep dropping swordfish. Fact is Jimmy Fee is a talented and curious angler who might be the best guy for the job he has. Case in point a few years ago I heard of a whisper of a local squeteague bite and I was immediately excited up to catch one. So I go to Google to learn a bit about jigging and the first result was an article written by Jimmy only a few days prior. Further proof that he has his finger on the pulse of New England recreational fishing. Join us for a great chat with a great guy.

Zeno Hromin interviews surfcaster J.M. Basile on surf fishing in Puerto Vallarta in Mexico for Rooster Fish

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Dennis Zambrotta is one of the most generous and curious people I know. Always looking to share what he knows and to learn something new himself. Be it up-and-coming folk bands, IPA's or steelhead his infectious enthusiasm lights up the room. Thankfully for the rest of us, Dennis is a passionate surfcaster and his generosity and curiosity carry over to that pursuit as well. 

Dennis is the author of "Surfcasting Around the Block" a culmination of 20 years of research, interviews, multiple edits and re-writes. Not assembled like a typical "how-to" fishing book, it includes memoirs, short stories, articles about Block Island, Striped Bass, and surfcasting, as its central themes.

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Episode 67: Update on Atlantic Striped Bass Management with Charles Witek

Fisheries Consultant Charles Witek joins us this week to provide an update on striped bass management. Striped bass have been recently experiencing declining populations in the Atlantic States. Charles is the founder of the blog One Angler's Voyage and is currently serving as president of the New York Outdoor Writers Association.

Striped bass populations plummeted in the 1980s and then grew steadily over the ensuing two decades. They're declining again into alarming population baselines. We talk about the history of striped bass population fluctuations over the past several decades. Charles also discusses:

• Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
• Striped bass reproduction dynamics
• Magnus Stevens Fishery Conservation & Management Act
• Modern Fish Act

What you can do to help:

1. If you're a striped bass angler, keep one or two legal fish for the dinner table and throw back the rest - including the big females over 40" which provide a critical breeding stock for year classes.

2. Contact your state representatives on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and let them know that Atlantic striped bass populations need to be stabilized and rebuilt to sustainable levels. Tell them to vote no in August to a proposed amendment to the striped bass management plan that could soften regulations.

3. As a recreational angler, show up when your state offers comment periods and meetings on coastal fisheries policy and management plans. We're currently under-represented.

LINKS

Check out the blog One Angler's Voyage by clicking HERE

Visit the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission website HERE.

Read this Boston Globe article on the "Codfather" Carlos Rafael HERE

Peter Moyle is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology and associate director of the Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis. He talks about the Striper being and indicator species not a villain. The rest of the CA coast opens for Salmon this weekend. John McManus, President of the Golden Gate Salmon Association with an outlook on the season and their efforts for the future.