Florida’s Fishing Tourism Nets $5 Billion . . .
Florida’s fishing industry is one of the largest in the country and that includes fishing tourism. A new study shows the tourism has an almost 5-billion dollar economic impact in the state . . . This didn’t “just happen’ organically. Anglers stood up and stood tall to be counted. They campaigned, they lobbied, they coughed […]
UKBASS on SKY TV
On Friday 28 th June 2013 Nigel Horsman , Andy Ford from SKY TV’s tightlines and I all fished together on Zen2 . The plan was to produce a nice little fishing film with an emphasis on highlighting the worrying issues concerning the current management of the species . I really hope the film helps […]
Let our bass breed
Right now, Richard Benyon MP (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Natural Environment, Water and Rural Affairs) should have a report on his desk from the team at Defra (Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs) that have been reviewing bass management and that report, hopefully, will persuade him that, at the very least, an […]
Irish Bass stocks update
Your letters and emails needed now. Don’t let quality bass disappear, photo courtesy Tony Hooper, a regular visitor to Ireland Join Henry Gilbey, Matt Hayes, Paul Young, and others in the campaign to protect Irish bass Following on from our report of 9th February 2010 (see below) there has now been a re-shuffle of the […]