This month’s Conservation Captain is veteran guide Capt. Joe Gonzalez of Funnybone Charters. Joe has been fishing out of the Biscayne Bay area for nearly 27 years. He is one of BTT’s most proactive fish taggers and he has been featured in numerous television shows, magazine articles, and blogs. Read below to learn more about […]
By AARON ADAMS, STEVE TRIPPE, JOHN O’HEARN and DUANE BAKER The catch and release of a Florida Keys Permit The ongoing management revision process of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is a cause of great concern to many in the Florida Keys. Most admit that with the growing human population in the Keys and […]
Florida Keys Bonefish Ready for Release September 2014 marks the one-year anniversary that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) moved to make tarpon and bonefish exclusively catch and release species. The health of these fish and their habitats is critically important to sustaining the $465 million dollar per year Florida Keys flats fishery […]
BTT’s Director of Operations, Dr. Aaron Adams, was recently featured on the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast with Tom Rosenbauer. After the Fly Box section of the show, Aaron and Tom discuss some current BTT news and then dive into a great discussion on how to fly fish for redfish. Click here to listen to […]
This week, scientists at Bonefish and Tarpon Trust broke ground at their newest Juvenile Tarpon Habitat Restoration site by setting up antenna arrays that will be used to track juvenile tarpon movements within a series of canals. This project, being done in conjunction with the Southwest Florida Water Management District, Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program, […]
This month’s Conservation Captain is veteran guide Capt. Bob Branham. Bob fishes the Key Biscayne and South Biscayne Bay areas and he has 35 years of guiding experience under his belt. Whether he is volunteering his time and boat for a research mission or sitting on the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust board, Bob has been […]
This month, Dr. Aaron Adams was featured on the Florida Insider Fishing Report with Capt. Rick Murphy. Dr. Adams touches on permit recaptures as well as Florida Keys bonefish and the research we are doing now to improve the fishery. Click here to watch the clip.
It’s odd to wake with a smile to what sounds like someone being killed outside of my bedroom window, but in this case it was a good thing. I was waking up in the rainforest of southern Belize, awakened by two troops of Howler monkeys trying to yell one another down at the boundary between […]
By: Dr. Aaron Adams It never ceases to amaze me how a fish so large can disappear in water so skinny. But that’s exactly what had just happened. The cast was in the air and both the guide and I lost sight of the permit just 50 feet away. I fished the fly as if the fish […]
BTT President Matt Connolly recently sat down with Rob Keck, host of Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World Radio, to discuss his storied career, BTT’s history, and some of our current initiatives. Click on the media player below to listen to each segment of the show. Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World radio airs on Saturdays at […]
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