For the remainder of 2013, anyone joining BTT at any level of membership will automatically be entered to win a 5 night and 4 day guided fishing trip for 2 anglers to the Palometa Club in Ascension Bay, Mexico. If you’ve already joined this year as a dues paying member, you’re already included. If not, please join today […]
Famed for its clear water and trophy bonefish, Biscayne Bay has been tainted by an algae bloom that may rank as the largest ever recorded in the bay. The bloom, which has left large swathes of the bay looking like pea soup and smelling like a Porta-Potty, appears to pose no human health risks and […]
ISLAMORADA, FLORIDA KEYS — Discerning anglers from around the world will return to Cheeca Lodge & Spa this fall for some competitive sport fishing and to raise funds for the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust. The dates of the Second Annual Cheeca Lodge All American Backcountry Fishing Tournament are November 8-10, 2013. “The goal of this […]
Steve Liesman and the Squawk Box crew discuss the economics of fishing. Check out the video of their discussion.
Our friends down at the Palometa Club in Punta Allen, Mexico recent hosted their first annual permit tournament, May 17-24 with a portion of the proceeds benefitting BTT and the Jon Ain Memorial Fund. The event brought together 20 anglers from all over the country and as far as Argentina for a week long, laid […]
Capt. Justin Moore released one of the largest tarpon ever caught on Florida’s Gulf Coast on Monday off Anna Maria Island. The monster tarpon was likely a state record of at least 250 pounds, and possibly a world record. “I wouldn’t have killed the fish anyway. It’s just not worth it to me,” said Moore, […]
Actually the “dam” is the Tamiami Trail, the “leak” a one-mile bridge that will soon allow water to flow south through the Shark River Valley for the first time in nearly a century. The new bridge is just west of Miami in the Everglades, just east of Coopertown. “Floridians and Americans can see where the […]
A decline in prey like shrimp and crabs is not the main cause of the drop in bonefish populations in Florida Bay, writes Sue Cocking in the Miami Herald, referring to the one-year study conducted by Audubon Florida and funded by Bonefish Tarpon Trust. The study — conducted in 2012 — compared flats in the Lower Keys, […]
For Immediate Release June 18th, 2013 Contact: Alex Lovett-Woodsumalex@bonefishtarpontrust.org 617.872.4807 SOUTH CAROLINA PASSES MORE PROTECTIVE TARPON LEGISLATION Another major victory for tarpon conservation occurred on June 13th, as South Carolina’s Governor signed into law a bill limiting the taking of tarpon in South Carolina. Under the new statute, only one fish per day may be […]
Permit being released. Photo by Capt. Carl Ball KEY WEST, Florida Keys — Anglers are to pursue elusive permit at the 13th annual Del Brown Invitational Permit Tournament Sunday through Wednesday, July 14-17. The contest honors the late angling legend Del Brown, widely considered to be the most successful permit fly-rodder in history. The […]
