Goodnews River Lodge in Southwest Alaska has announced its support for Bonefish & Tarpon Trust (BTT) as a Silver Sponsor, demonstrating its commitment to protecting the fisheries and natural environments that make exceptional angling experiences possible. “BTT thanks Goodnews River Lodge for joining our community of conservation supporters as a Silver Sponsor,” said Jim McDuffie, […]
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust bestowed the 2017 Curt Gowdy Memorial Media Award upon one of its founding members, the “First Lady of Fly-Fishing,” Joan Wulff. The award recognized her storied career in fly-fishing and its media, both print and on-screen. One of the best fly-casters and instructors of all time, Wulff was born in 1926 in New […]
Fish, sharks, whales, and pinnipeds have an incredible capacity to navigate the ocean and repeatedly find and return to the same places, even when they are thousands of miles away. Bluefin tuna, for instance, annually migrate from the cold waters of Canada past The Bahamas and into the Northern Gulf of Mexico to spawn. This […]
Swains Cay Lodge on Andros Island, The Bahamas, has announced its support for Bonefish & Tarpon Trust as a Silver Partner. “BTT is grateful to Swains Cay Lodge for its generous support of our science-based efforts to conserve The Bahamas’ iconic flats fishery,” said Jim McDuffie, BTT President and CEO. “Partnerships with lodges and guides […]
What started as a classroom lesson early in the 2025 school year for students at Sister Mary Patrica Russell Junior High School in Freeport, Grand Bahama, became an incredible journey in mangrove restoration. Students left their desks and waded knee-deep in mud as they joined the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust (BTT) team to plant mangrove […]
Tom Davidson Sr., founding chairman of Bonefish & Tarpon Trust (BTT), was inducted into the International Game Fish Association’s Fishing Hall of Fame on August 29 at Johnny Morris’ Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium in Springfield, Missouri. The honor recognizes Davidson’s lifetime of leadership in fisheries conservation. “On behalf of BTT’s board, staff, […]
Author T. Edward Nickens shared the following remarks in a special tribute to the late Flip Pallot during BTT’s 14th Annual NYC Dinner & Awards Ceremony on October 6, 2025. Republished here from the Spring 2026 Bonefish & Tarpon Journal. Flip Pallot passed away on August 26 in Thomasville, Georgia, from complications during surgery. […]
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust is seeking a spatial conservation scientist with a professional background and personal interest in strategic landscape conservation. Work will include procuring and analyzing GIS data, with a focus on mapping and modeling to inform spatial prioritization to guide conservation and restoration of habitats important to BTT’s focal species at the landscape […]
Tarpon undertake remarkable seasonal migrations, traveling hundreds—and sometimes thousands—of miles along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. While scientists have documented these movements, one critical question has remained unanswered: Where do tarpon feed during these epic journeys? Thanks to new research funded by Bonefish & Tarpon Trust (BTT), we now have the clearest picture yet of […]
ICAST 2026 was one for the books! The world’s largest sportfishing trade show gave Bonefish & Tarpon Trust the chance to meet with conservation partners old and new, including Simms, Yamaha, Magic Tilt, Chittum, YETI, Costa, Free Fly, Bajio, Turtlebox, Waypoint TV, Shimano, Danco, Marquesa Marine, and many, many more. The BTT booth featured the […]
