Bonefish & Tarpon Trust News

Aside from making it a whole lot easier to remove a hook from the mouth of a fish, there are other reasons to avoid fishing with barbed hooks as Kirk Deeter points out on Fly Talk.

Life in the vast interior Everglades, from tree islands to endangered snail kites, continues to decline for a lack of water, and restoration could stall again in the near future unless Congress signs off on pending projects and steps up with more money. The report finds that too much early work has focused on the […]

Call for Proposals Bonefish & Tarpon Trust invites proposals for research to estimate the economic value of the flats fisheries (primarily bonefish, tarpon, and permit) in the Florida Keys. The Florida Keys are recognized as the birth place of flats fishing and they remain at the center of the universe for modern flats fishing. Despite […]

Tarpon legend Stu Apte remembers “in the 1950s and 1960s you could hit the last fish in a string in the tail with a 4/0, 5-inch long fly and it would wheel and eat the fly. Do that today and the whole pod heads for Cuba.” Over time, as the fish learned what was food […]

On Monday, Lefty Kreh was honored — begrudgingly — when a seven-mile trail at Gunpowder Falls State Park was named in his honor by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Kreh, who is still very active in the sport, recently talked with The Sun about his career and his sport.

While a good number of fishermen already follow good catch-and-release practices, many unknowingly use incorrect techniques that do more harm than good. Without finger-pointing, let’s agree to admit that we’ve all handled fish improperly in the past. We just didn’t know any better. Even today, with a closer look at data gathered through studies on […]

(Originally published in the Boca Beacon on June 8, 2012) Responsible Catch and Release is Essential The use of catch and release as a conservation tool to ensure healthy recreational fisheries for the future has become standard throughout the world of recreational fisheries. The catch and release ethic is especially apparent in the world-class tarpon […]

Need a great gift for Dad? Consider a co-branded True Flies and BTT logo shirt, they are available in limited quantity while supplies last. Not only will he get a great gift, the best part – the shirts were donated by True Flies LLC and all sales proceeds go to support the Juvenile Tarpon Habitat project near […]

Congratulations to Zan Thompson of Macon, Georgia, winner of Bonefish & Tarpon Trust’s May gear giveaway and a BTT logoed gift package provided by True Flies LLC. All new members joining at the $50 level are also entered to win an end of year drawing for a trip for two to Ascension Bay Bonefish Club. Don’t […]

Mike Leggett enjoys the thrill of chasing bonefish South of Tulum, Mexico, their blistering initial run, and how on the right days everything just seems to click. “This bonefish is everything he was cracked up to be. Not big but still stripping line down to the backing before he turns and begins to track a long, slow, back-and-forth […]