Speaking of Stand-Up Fishing
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That guy stand-up fishes from his paddleboard in New York City. He recently caught an Atlantic Salmon which biologists suspected (surprisingly) was wild rather than an escaped farmed fish. (He then had to turn over all parts of it under the Endangered Species Act!)
Cool to see a guy get a profile in the New York Times doing this kind of fishing. I for one do not envy him his cold water and wetsuit though.
Zach
I always wonder if anglers on boards, kayaks, even canoes realize that some boaters don’t “see” them. It’s like the (car) driver who hits the person on the bicycle, and says “I just didn’t see him”. The mind is looking for another car, and looks right through a bicyclist. I’ve seen some near misses between near invisible kayaks in the salt and big boats in a hurry.
That aside, I was curious about the article saying the Atlantic salmon was “endangered” in NY. I checked the USF&WS web site (keepers of species listed under the federal Endangered Species Act) and the NY state DEC site (state-listed species). Neither lists the Atlantic salmon as endangered in NY (USF&WS lists it as endangered in the Gulf of Maine). Presumably, then, the state biologists were taking samples out of professional curiosity, as opposed to authority under the species’ “endangered” listing.
A minor point, and one that I’m probably too sensitive to. Recently retired after almost 40 years of working in the private sector environmental area. Generally, had nothing but positive relationships with state and federal regulators, but occasionally there was a “crusader” who wanted to impose authority that s/he didn’t have, under applicable regulations or statutes. Always discussed authority with them, and generally worked things out. Just that both sides work under same rules, presumably.
Sometimes, it takes a good attorney to work things out . . . (and, to clarify, I’m not an attorney!)
Buzz
I fish from a kayak in salt almost exclusively, and believe me, I am acutely aware of boaters and my visibiity. Most of the guys I fish with are also wary of boaters, particularly those who are drinking and not paying attention. Actually, it is recreational boaters you have to be afraid of, not fishermen in boats. Anyway, I always assume that any boat close to me is trying to run over me, so I make a point of staying out of their way, even if I have the right of way. Oddly enough, the only time I have actually been hit was by a Hobie Cat, not a power boat.
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