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		Weakfish are an important commercial and recreational fish and one of the main inshore predatory fishes of the mid-Atlantic region.
		Weakfish are found in Maryland's offshore waters, throughout the coastal bays, and in Chesapeake Bay.
		Adult weakfish are most frequently encountered along the coast within ten miles of shore, in and around the Ocean City inlet, and in the southern reaches of Chesapeake Bay.
	www.dnr.state.md.us /fisheries/education/weakfish/weakfish.html (1595 words)

	NYSG Extension - FRC: Angler Resource Kit - Fish Profiles
		The name weakfish can be misleading to the inexperienced angler, because these fish are certainly not "weak" as they are renown for their good fight and tendency to make fast and sudden turns when hooked on light tackle.
		Large weakfish are referred to locally as "tiderunners" (due to the fact that these size fish move in and out with the tide); fish of less than 3 lbs are called "schoolies," and are taken frequently by anglers targeting porgies.
		Weakfish rise to the surface at nights for feeding, and a good method to catch them is by drifting live worms.
	www.seagrant.sunysb.edu /Fishery/AnglerResource/Species/Weakfish.htm (1047 words)

	Weakfish
		Weakfish is also known as the gray sea trout and by it’s original Native American name, squeateague.
		The name “weakfish” was bestowed on this fish by recreational anglers because of its fragile mouth structure, which permits a hook to tear out rather easily.
		Weakfish are members of the drum family, which also includes the spotted sea trout, croaker, and spot.
	www.yankee3.com /Fish/Weakfish.html (472 words)

	Carolina-Fishing.com : Weakfish
		Weakfish are dark olive green above, with the back and sides variously burnished with purple, lavender, green, blue, golden or copper, and marked with a large number of small, dark spots that appear as oblique streaks running along scale rows above the lateral line.
		Weakfish migrate seasonally along the Atlantic coast, moving south and offshore during the autumn and winter, and north and inshore during the spring and summer.
		Weakfish are commercially harvested in North Carolina primarily by ocean trawl and sink gill nets in the winter and by the estuarine long-haul seine and pound net fisheries in the summer.
	www.carolina-fishing.com /species.aspx?SpeciesID=33 (818 words)

	Petes Bait & Tackle - Weakfish Profile
		Weakfish are dark green to olive and blazed with purple, blue and gold on the back and sides.
		Weakfish can not be "horsed" in with heavy lies as the hooks will tear away from their soft mouths, hence the name weakfish.
		Weakfish can be taken on a variety of baits including shrimp, worms, bunker, tinker mackerel, eels, strips of squid and sometimes snapper blues.
	www.petesbait.com /species/weakfish.php (1003 words)

	Weakfish
		The weakfish is a slim, shapely fish, about four times as long as deep (to the base of the caudal fin), only slightly flattened sidewise, with rather stout caudal peduncle; a head about one-third as long as body, moderately pointed snout, and large mouth.
		Weakfish feed on a wide variety of animals, including crabs, amphipods, mysid and decapod shrimps, squid, shelled mollusks, and annelid worms, but chiefly on smaller fish, such as menhaden, butterfish, herring, scup, anchovies, silversides, and mummichogs, of which they destroy vast quantities.
		Weakfish fry grow at so variable a rate during the first summer that they may be anywhere between 4 inches and 6 inches long in the fall, when they are about 6 months old.
	www.gma.org /fogm/Cynoscion_regalis.htm (3503 words)

	NY/NJ Species: Weakfish
		Weakfish have a pair of large canine-like teeth along the upper jaw and a row of teeth on the lower jaw (Mercer 1989).
		Weakfish are distributed from Florida to Massachusetts Bay and sometimes to Nova Scotia; the species has also been identified in the Gulf of Mexico (Mercer 1989).
		Weakfish are found frequently on intake screens of power generators in NY/NJ Harbor at the time of their migration out of the bay (Berg and Levinton 1985).
	www.csc.noaa.gov /lcr/nyharbor/html/gallery/sgweakfi.html (637 words)

	Weakfishes
		The corvina of California, the gray weakfish or squeteague of the mid and north Atlantic coast of the United States, and various species of croakers are members of this family.
		Weakfishes have no adipose fin, such as fresh-water trouts possess: they have well developed “canine” teeth in the upper jaw (not found in fresh-water trout) and they have larger mouths.
		The scales are much larger in weakfishes than among fresh-water trouts and the weakfishes have two dorsal fins with seven to eight spines, followed by a long series of soft dorsal rays.
	www.rsmas.miami.edu /support/lib/seas/seasQA/QAs/w/weakfishes.html (3719 words)

	Weakfish
		Weakfish support important commercial and recreational fisheries along the Atlantic coast of the U.S. They are quick to mature and highly prized for their their taste by seafood lovers and for their strong fighting behavior by anglers.
		Weakfish recovered from being overfished in the early 1990s and are currently at a high level of abundance.
		When the Weakfish population was last assessed in 2002, the proportion of age 6 or older fish was 6.8% of the total population, which managers considered skewed.
	blueocean.org /seafood/species/127.html (2453 words)

	Fish - Weakfish
		Adult weakfish are often found near the periphery of eelgrass beds, where they primarily feed on shrimp, larger zooplankton, crabs, other crustaceans and small fish.
		Weakfish spawn near the Chesapeake Bay mouth and adjacent near-shore waters shortly after the inshore migration.
		Weakfish begin to mature after their first year and 100 percent reach maturity by their second year.
	www.chesapeakebay.net /info/weakfish.cfm (575 words)

	NYSDEC - Marine Resources, The Weakfish
		The marine fishing records of New York reveal that the record weakfish caught is a 19 pound 2 ounce whopper, taken in 1984.
		Weakfish may be taken all year, but there is a 6 fish per day limit and a 16 inch size limit (10 inch filleted, 12 inch dressed).Be sure to check the recreational size and catch limits before you go fishing.
		The commercially and recreationally sought weakfish is quite tasty and is a welcome prize for the table.
	www.dec.state.ny.us /website/dfwmr/marine/finfish/weakfish.html (229 words)

	Weakfish on a Fly in Cape May
		Weakfish are generally not huge, rampaging fighters, so a light fly rod can be ideal.
		Small weakfish are particularly troublesome this way because they often short-strike, hitting only the tail of the fly.
		The food that weakfish eat are easily imitated with a fly and weakfish usually feed very close to shore in calm conditions.
	www.capemaytimes.com /fishing/The-Fish-Man/2006-weakfish.htm (873 words)

	Weakfish Hook & Line Study
		Weakfish are an important component of many commercial and recreational fisheries from Florida to Massachusetts.
		Preparation of the initial Plan in 1985 was motivated by concern over the lack of adequate biological and fisheries data for management of the resource, by a decline in landings, concern over by catch and a need to address user conflicts through interstate management.
		As part of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Weakfish Management Plan, a hook and line catch mortality study was conducted to simulate the methods a recreational angler would use when catching and releasing weakfish.
	www.fws.gov /northeast/gloucester/weakfish.htm (718 words)

	What Happened to Weakfish?
		Weakfish (or gray trout) were thought to be on track for a great recovery from their severely overfished condition in the early 1990s.
		The Weakfish Advisory Panel was meeting to craft proposed input into the future Weakfish FMP and the one sticking point was CCA’s suggestion to add the restoration of the weakfish age structure as an objective in the plan.
		CCA did not want to see that happen with weakfish and so we fought hard for the restoration of the historic age structure, which means having fish in the catch as old as 11 or 12, before the stock could be declared recovered.
	www.fintalk.com /moxie/1/1_1/weakfish.shtml (676 words)

	Weakfish - Discover The Outdoors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The weakfish is a streamlined fish with a shape similar to seatrout and freshwater trout, even though it technically is a member of the drum family (as are seatrout).
		Weakfish are omnivorous and feed on shrimp and other crustaceans, crabs, mollusks and small baitfish.
		Weakfish have also been known to circle the boat or head straight towards the angler, which necessitates a rapid intake of slack line to keep the fish hooked.
	www.dto.com /swfishing/species/speciesnostate.jsp?speciesid=397 (602 words)

	Basic Fishing Tips, Gray Trout Fishing Tip, Weakfish, Summer Trout
		Weakfish also are caught as far north as Massachusetts so this trout tip can be used in any of the local waters that weakfish inhabit.
		The weakfish is a stream lined fish with a shape similar to speckle trout (seatrout) and is a member of the drum family (as are speckles).
		Weakfish have also been known to circle the boat but will usually head straight towards the angler and present the angler with a straight up and down fight.
	www.fintalk.com /fishing-tips/gray-trout.html (2144 words)

	Weakfish Come On Strong
		Weakfish are largely bottom dwellers that live in the same general area as the fluke.
		Weakfish are members of the family Sciaenidae, the drum family.
		Weakfish live along the western Atlantic from Massachusetts to Florida, although they have occasionally been caught as far north as Maine and Nova Scotia.
	www.shallowwaterangler.com /features/050464 (768 words)

	Weakfish Not so "Weak" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The survival rate of weakfish caught on hook and line and in pound nets, and then released, is higher than expected.
		Weakfish collected from the pound net were handled no differently than during normal pound-netter operations.
		Very few weakfish were caught over the next ten days and, with water temperatures starting to drop, a decision was made to cancel that phase of the study.
	www.alexisles.com /plover/3-95-d.html (478 words)

	North Carolina Saltwater Fishing
		Weakfish, also referred to by anglers as gray trout, are a management success story.
		The weakfish themselves will be hard to spot on the depthfinder under those circumstances, but fishing around a big school of baitfish is never a bad idea.
		Weakfish are caught by anglers fishing with jigs, jigging spoons, natural baits, such as squid, shrimp and cut fish or live baits, such as small menhaden and mullet.
	www.ncgameandfish.com /fishing/saltwater-fishing/NC_0505_01/index3.html (1212 words)

	Letter From Congressman Frank Pallone to ASMFC on Weakfish - JCAA News (November 2005)
		The two-year old data you are using conflicts with reports from fishermen who have been on the ocean in 2005 and have observed much healthier populations of weakfish and "spikes," or juveniles.
		I would like to take this opportunity to emphasize that the weakfish situation is emblematic of what appears to be insensitivity on the part of the ASMFC and NMFS to the effects of stringent stock regulations on New Jersey's recreational fishermen.
		For example, these proposed weakfish regulations come on the heels of the closure of the fall flounder fishery and a new limit of one flfish per angler until November 15th.
	www.jcaa.org /JCNL0511/0511PalloneWeakfish.htm (667 words)

	Weakfish and Stripers from Jamaica Bay NY
		Weakfish and Stripers from Jamaica Bay NY Captain Joe "Bud" Russo was fishing in Jamaica Bay.
		Weakfish and Stripers from Jamaica Bay NY Jamaica Bay is a large body of water and salt marsh area covering 26 miles on the south shore of Long Island.
		Weakfish are starting to make a come back and are being caught more often by recreational fisherman.
	nyfisherman.net /joerusso.html (668 words)

	NOAA Fisheries--Tidal Salt Marsh as Juvenile Weakfish Habitat
		Weakfish collected in mid-bay were intermediate in their stable isotope composition.
		A striking result of this study was the widespread occurrence of stable isotopes that originated in macrophytes and benthic microalgae of salt marshes in weakfish and bay anchovy collected several kilometers from shore.
		This also was true of weakfish "staging" at the bay mouth just prior to their offshore emigration.
	www.nmfs.noaa.gov /mb/sk/saltonstallken/weakfish.htm (417 words)

	CapeGazette.com - Covering Delaware's Cape Region
		The problem with the weakfish, both commercial and recreational fishermen said, is that the large numbers of big striped bass now present in the ocean and bays are eating large trout.
		He added that there is currently an overlap between the federal weakfish management board and the spiny dogfish management board, so the two are fully aware of the connections between predator and prey.
		Although the drastically declining weakfish population is being reported all along the coast, Spear said that not many fishermen turned out to make comment.
	www.capegazette.com /storiescurrent/1005/weakfish102105.html (590 words)

	the delaware estuary: weakfish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Weakfish are the best known of the croakers.
		The dorsal and tail fins are dusky and ventral, anal, and marginal fins are yellow.
		Weakfish are tertiary consumers within the Bay ecosystem.
	sln.fi.edu /fellows/owens/dec98/water/weakfish.html (112 words)

	The Sun News \| 09/22/2006 \| Weakfish regulations are in the works (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On the heels of the first autumn-like weather in 2006 along the South Carolina coast, the fall run of nearshore and estuary species is underway.
		The highly-anticipated gathering and migration of species such as weakfish (summer trout), whiting, spot, Florida pompano, fl drum and croaker brings a rush of visiting fishermen to the coast to enjoy the fine weather and fine fishing.
		Weakfish, known locally as summer trout or grey trout, are likely the most vulnerable of the unregulated species.
	www.myrtlebeachonline.com /mld/myrtlebeachonline/sports/15580182.htm (638 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions; Weakfish Fishery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Although research on discard mortality for weakfish is not available, fishermen have indicated that most discards are dead, and therefore, discard mortality has been assumed to be 100 percent.
		Measures implemented under Amendment 4 are designed to continue the expansion of the weakfish age and size structure to that necessary for full restoration of the stock, and to return weakfish to their previous geographic range.
		Another of the five measures approved under Section 4.9 of Amendment 4 was that weakfish commercially harvested in the EEZ be landed in accordance with the landing laws of the state in which they are landed, with the exception that weakfish caught commercially in the EEZ may not be landed in a de minimis state.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2003/July/Day-01/i16573.htm (2625 words)

	Reel-Time Forums - weakfish
		I haven't caught a weakfish in years, but I've heard a lot of positive reports over the last few years generally and also specifically for Peconic and Shelter Island areas.
		I think it was two seasons back I heard from guides that the end of the fall run had BIG weakfish close to shore feeding on the surface - sure would like to see that some day.
		It remained the only weakfish of the season, or ever, for that matter, and I am much more thrilled about it now than I was when I caught it...go figure.
	www.reel-time.com /forum/showthread.php?p=29834 (924 words)

	Weakfish Moratorium Proposed in Federal Waters
		To rebuild the overfished stock of Atlantic coast weakfish to healthy levels, the National Marine Fisheries Service proposes to restrict the harvest and possession of weakfish in federal waters from Maine to Florida until the stock recovers, the Commerce Department announced today.
		Analysis of the weakfish data shows that more than 70 percent of the weakfish population is killed each year.
		Additional data show that only two to four percent of the fish in the weakfish stock are available to reproduce, compared to a healthy fishery where 20 percent of the stock is sexually mature.
	www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov /pr95/jun95/noaa95-r132.html (914 words)

	JCAA Position on Addendum I of Amendment 4 of the Weakfish Management Plan - JCAA News (November 2005)
		As stated in the plan, the perceived low stock levels of Weakfish are not due to over fishing either on the recreational or commercial side.
		Weakfish and Croaker stocks have a very historical interrelated cyclic abundance and decline periods.
		It appears the simple (but not necessarily correct) solution to the weakfish decline is to blame the fisherman and therefore punish him.
	www.jcaa.org /JCNL0511/WeakfishPosition.htm (515 words)

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