Plum island fishing license

We prohibit the use or possession of alcoholic beverages while hunting. We prohibit distribution of feed or bait, or hunting over bait.

This includes salts and minerals. Trapping Trapping is not open on the refuge. Fishing Plum Island is open to shoreline fishing. Artificial Lights You may not use a spotlight, headlight or other artificial light to spot, locate or take any wild animal in a refuge.

Pilot, Hog, St. Plum Island is open to public use during daylight hours Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend for hiking, wildlife observation, and nature photography on designated trails and beach areas only.

Kayaks, canoes, and dinghies may access Plum Island at the designated landing area near boathouse on northeast side of Plum Island. Commerical charters may also be reserved for your visit to the island. Email greenbay fws. Docking Map - Plum Island Foot travel only on the island no motorized vehicles or bicycles and use of boot brush station is mandatory to prevent the spread of invasive species.

Dogs are welcome but must be leashed and pet waste picked up and removed. Prohibited on Plum Island: fishing from the dock or other structures; swimming from the dock or other structures; docking at the breakwater.

All this storms have really angered the ocean. Last year, the Parker River Wildlife Refuge opened their front gate a half hour before sunrise to let in the early fishermen and birders. It was also open a half hour after sunset.

However, this year it seems they have been opening a bit later, and closing a bit sooner. Most were caught at low tide trolling live mackerel in 20 feet of water off the PI beach. Pic of the good captain making sure that fish would live to spawn and perhaps fight again before release.

Hey Stickman, Was out on the water this weekend and was able to pull in a big one. Pretty stoked as we get into September. Sharing for everyone! I was out in front of plum. Safely released back into the water. See the Saltwater Fishing License page of the club website for the links you need to prepare yourself. This annual closure was developed in to address allocative concerns that landings from the state waters-only groundfish fishery may impact access to federal groundfish quotas.

However, the closure may be lifted on an annual basis if DMF projects the action will not result in an exceedance of the annual federally allocated state-waters subcomponent for regulated groundfish stocks or will not compromise federal conservation objectives. DMF has analyzed landings data for the current fishing year May 1 — April 30 and intends to lift the conditional April groundfish closure this year. Landings for the current fishing year are well below the federally allocated sub-components, likely driven by COVID related impacts on fishery effort last spring and summer.

Accordingly, it is unlikely that an April opening will result in an exceedance of the state waters sub-components or of overall annual catch limits. Written comment may be submitted to by e-mail to marine. The Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission will consider adopting this action at their March 18, business meeting. For more information regarding the management of marine fisheries in the Commonwealth please visit our website: www. Come out to voice your opinion. Recreational fishermen will be overlooked if they are not as vocal as the commercial fishermen.

Michael Armstrong , ext.