Tom P.

A find, as in find, if there ever was one.

Kicking off the winter “show season” for anglers and boaters, is the Eighth Annual Wildwood Fishing and Boating Expo being held at the gorgeous Wildwoods Convention Center.

The winter bow season offers an opportunity to put a tag on some venison during the naked cleanliness of the coldest season.

To learn more about this frenetic Yule Month fishery, tune in to Saturday’s Rack & Fin Radio 7-8am on 97.3 ESPN FM.

In its third round of trout stocking, New Jersey DEP’s Fish & Wildlife will be releasing rainbows the Monday and Tuesday of Thanksgiving week in the highly anticipated “Winter Trout Stocking” program.

The highly anticipated ringneck pheasant and bobwhite quail seasons get underway at 8am Saturday, and it’s an odds on bet that a significant majority of the approximately 12,000 Pheasant/Quail Stamp holders will be afield.

Critically low stream and river flows in the northern and central tier counties necessitated a rearranging of the first week’s schedule of the wildly popular fall trout stocking program that was originally slated to run October 8-11 that included 16 venues and 16,600 rainbow trout.

At Charlie’s Bait ‘N’ Tackle, and Charlie’s Farm Stand, separated by a patch of blacktop, it’s all here.

The first portion runs through June 19.

There are, as of today, a mere seven days remaining in the segmented 2024 spring turkey hunting season that started April 22 (Youth Day was April 20).